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‘No need to panic’: Harsh Vardhan on emergence of mutant coronavirus strain in UK

“Manju”

 

Alluding to the emergence of a mutated variant of corona virus in the United Kingdom,Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on monday clarified that there os no need to panic as the government is alert on the issue. On Dec 19 ,UK Prime minister Boris Johnson had announced that the newly identified strain of the virus may be up to 70 per cent more transmissible.According to Health Secretary Matt Hancock ,the new variant was “ out of control”. Saudi Arabia ,and several European nations, including Italy,Belgium,France and the Netherlands have banned flights to and fro from the United Kingdom after reports of the mutant strain came to the fore.

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