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Ministry of Health issues SOP in context to emergence of new variant of COVID-19 in UK

December 22, 2020, 3:44 PM

Sneha Shah | New Delhi

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), on Tuesday, officially uploaded Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for epidemiological surveillance and response in the wake of new variant of COVID-19, that has emerged in Britain, United Kingdom.

The SOP describes the activities to be undertaken at the point of entry and in the community for all International passengers, who have travelled from or transited through UK in past four weeks.

A new variant of SARS- CoV 2 virus (Variant Under Investigation (VUI)-20212/01) has been reported by the Government of United Kingdom (UK) to World Health Organisation (WHO). This variant is estimated by European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) to be more transmissible and affecting younger population, the SOP document read.

This variant is defined by a set of 17 changes or mutations. One of the most significant is an N501 Y mutation in the spike protein that the virus uses to bind to the human ACE2 receptor. Changes in this part of the spike protein may result in the virus becoming more infectious and spreading more easily between people, it further added.

Following are the images of the SOP document, that has been released by MoHFW, in the context of new variant of COVID-19.

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Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

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