The rapid spread of a new variant (VUI – 202012/01) of corona virus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harsher restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England, Scotland and Wales, and other countries placing the UK on a travel ban. The government's advisers on new infections now say they have "high" confidence that it is more able to transmit than other variants. All the work is at an early stage contains huge uncertainties and a long list of unanswered questions. According to BBC News (December 30, 2020), first 20 cases of new corona virus strain found in India as UK returnees tested positive.
Jyoti Prakash Sahoo
Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 003), India
Ambika Prasad Mishra
Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 003), India
Laxmipriya Behera*
Sudhanya Nath
Dept. of Animal Nutrition, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal (700 037), India
Kailash Chandra Samal
Sahoo, J.P., Mishra, A.P., Behera, L., Nath, S., Samal, K.C., 2020. New mutant COVID-19 strain (VUI – 202012/01) – More contagious than current status. Biotica Research Today 2(12), 1331-1333.
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