Four cases of new Covid strain found among UK returnees in Ahmedabad

Gujarat deputy CM and health minister Nitin Patel confirms news, says all precautions are being taken to cure them and prevent further spread

The new strain of Covid-19 first detected in the United Kingdom and now known as the 'UK strain' has found its way into Gujarat with four cases in Ahmedabad. 

State government has confirmed that genome sequencing by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune has found four people who tested Covid-19 positive after landing at the Ahmedabad airport to be carrying the UK strain. Named VUI-202012/01 or 'variant under investigation in December 2020', the strain found its entry from a London-Ahmedabad flight on December 22 via four residents.

Confirming the news, Gujarat deputy chief minister and health minister Nitin Patel said that the