At least six travellers, who returned from abroad, have been infected with the new mutated coronavirus that was discovered in the UK. According to the ministry, in this advance testing, it was found that out of these 114 infected, six people have the mutated corona strain from the UK. The government has said that it has started work on several levels to stop the mutated coronavirus strain. The National Task Force (NTF) held a meeting on December 26 to discuss prevention of the new coronavirus strain from spreading into the country. It may be noted that so far, the new coronavirus strain has been confirmed in Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.

Source: dna December 29, 2020 06:00 UTC