Brazilian and African variants of the coronavirus have entered India. According to the information, the infection of the South African variant has been found in four people from abroad. A patient has also been infected with the Brazilian variant of Corona. At the same time, 187 people have been found infected by the British strain of Corona. ICMR officials informed about this.
ICMR DG Balaram Bhargava said that four people were found to be infected with SARS-Cov-2, a South African variant of the coronavirus, in January. A patient was found infected with the Brazilian version of Corona. All five patients have been quarantined. He said that among the patients infected with African strains, one returned from Angola, one from Tanzania, and two from Southern Africa.
Bhargava reported that the Brazilian version of Corona showed mutations in the receptor binding of spike proteins. Its transmission capacity is very fast, due to which it has spread to 15 countries of the world. A case has been reported in India. The corona strain was found in a man who returned from Brazil in the first week of February. Apart from these, many people in India were found infected with the British strain of Corona first.
So far 187 people have received the infection of the British version of Corona. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that travelers from Brazil and Africa come through Gulf countries. In such a situation, the government is preparing to do a full check on people coming from these countries.
