India has recorded 14 fresh cases of new coronavirus mutant strain -first reported in the United Kingdom in September – taking the total number of cases to 20, the government said this morning. The new strain – believed to be significantly more transmissible – has been spreading fast across the world amid global fears and fresh travel restrictions after the UK said earlier this month the virus was “out of control”.
The second-highest number of cases after the United States. Of the 20 cases of fresh strain, eight have been registered by a Delhi lab; a Bengaluru lab has recorded seven cases. The numbers are likely to surge. But doctors have said there is no reason yet to believe that it is more lethal or will not be controlled by a vaccine.
