New Covid strain found in UK not seen in India so far: Govt
There is no need to panic over the mutated variant of SARSCoV-2 detected in the UK, the government said on Tuesday, asserting that no such variant or any significant mutation in the Coronavirus strain has been seen in India yet.
NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul, during a press briefing, also said the mutated SARS-CoV-2 strain detected in the UK will have no impact on the potential of emerging vaccines which are being developed in India and other countries.
“As of now, based on our discussions, deep understanding of data available and our deep assessment, there is no need to panic but it is a cause to be more vigilant,” he said.
Paul said: “This new challenge, we have to counter with our comprehensive efforts”, and added: “We will be safe if we suppress the genomic sequence.”
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