The government has said the South African and Brazilian strains can more easily infect a person's lungs than the UK mutation. India has so far reported 187 cases of infection with the UK variant. India does not have direct flights with Brazil and South Africa, and most people travelling from these countries generally transit through Middle Eastern airports. India has so far reported about 11 million coronavirus cases and more than 155,000 deaths. A government serological survey released this month, however, said nearly 300 million of India's 1.35 billion people may already have been infected by the virus.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 04:07 UTC