A Mathura village woman was revealed to have been infected earlier in March with a South African strain of COVID as per PTI. Also, 2 district health workers have tested positive despite getting vaccinated.?
Dr Bhudeo Singh who is head of Mathura¡¯s anti-Covid Rapid Response Team said the woman¡¯s test sample was found to be having a South African strain of the Covid-19 virus during its ¡°genome sequencing¡± in a Lucknow government laboratory.
She tested positive on March 3 when Deen Dayal Veterinary University tested her sample.?
However, some doubts resulted in a re-test in Lucknow.?
But when it was discovered that it was the South African variant, she was placed back in quarantine and given preventive medicine.
India has nearly 1.2 crore affected while over 1.6 lakh people have died due to the novel coronavirus.
Worldwide, almost 13 crore are affected and almost 28 lakh dead.