New Delhi: Air India pilots on Tuesday have demanded the airline’s management to provide them with details of the "distinct Phylogenetic cluster of Sars-CoV-2" that has been discovered in the United Kingdom (UK). "The pilots of Air India, Air India Express and Alliance Air have operated flights even to the ravaged epicenters of Covid-19 infestation without hesitation," the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association wrote to Air India Director (Operations). A total of 6 samples of 6 UK returnee persons have been found to be positive with the new UK variant genome. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on," the ministry said in an official statement. The presence of the new UK variant has already been reported by Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore, so far.

Source: Mint December 29, 2020 10:17 UTC