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Kolkata, Jan 02: As many as three more people, who returned to Kolkata from London on December 20, have been detected with COVID-19, prompting authorities to send their samples for genome sequencing to ascertain whether they were infected with the new and more contagious strain of the disease found in the UK.
“All three have been kept in isolation in a state-run hospital in Kolkata,” said a health department official.
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Earlier two people, who had returned on the same flight on December 20, were detected with COVID-19. One of them was later found to be carrying the new strain.
The five were among the 222 passengers, who arrived in…
