India latest nation to detect UK Covid strain
By AFP
03 January 2021 |
3:29 pm
India finds six people - now being kept in isolation - who had recently returned from Britain positive for the new and more infectious strain of Covid-19. India joins a growing list of nations to report the mutant strain, with flights to and from the UK temporarily suspended since last week.
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