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New Delhi, Jan 05: In a recent development, as many as 20 more people tested positive for the new UK variant of Sars-CoV-2, the total number of UK returnees having tested positive for the mutant virus in the country has reached 58.
The results are based on the genome sequencing of positive samples released by the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog) labs that the Centre has specifically created for the purpose of monitoring any kind of mutations in the virus.
According to reports, the samples have so far been sequenced in six of the 10 designated labs across the country.
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Among the sequenced…