New Delhi: Four persons in India have been infected with the South Africa strain of coronavirus, the Government of India said on February 16. Additionally, one person has been detected with the Brazil strain of the novel coronavirus.
The Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research said: “In India, the South African strain of covid-19 has been detected in 4 returnees from South Africa. All travellers and their contacts tested and quarantined.”
He informed that the National Institute of Virology (NIV) is trying to isolate and culture the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV2 at the moment.
ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava added: “ICMR-NIV is attempting to isolate and culture the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2.”
