Earlier on Wednesday, a two-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut was found infected with the new COVID-19 strain which was first discovered in the UK. The Uttar Pradesh government has put all districts on high alert along with the health departments. As many as 10 people in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for the new UK strain of Coronavirus. So far, a total of 1,655 people have returned from the UK to Uttar Pradesh and 1,090 have been identified. While a total of 20 UK returnees to India have tested positive for the new strain of which six people had tested positive for the new COVID-19 strain on Monday.

Source: dna December 30, 2020 10:07 UTC