worldUpdated: Dec 26, 2020, 19:31 ISTThe new variant of coronavirus linked to a rapid rise in infections in Britain has been detected in Sweden after a traveller from the United Kingdom became ill and tested positive, the Swedish Health Agency said on Saturday. Health Agency official Sara Byfors told a news conference the traveller had been isolating and that no further positive cases had so far been detected. The unidentified traveller was staying in Sormland, south of Stockholm, according to Signe Makitalo, a regional infection control doctor. The new variant is thought to be more transmissible than others currently circulating. Sweden imposed travel restrictions earlier this month on passengers from Britain amid concerns over the variantSimilar measures have been taken by several other countries in the European Union and across the world.

Source: Hindustan Times December 26, 2020 14:00 UTC