Six UK returnees to Kerala test positive for new strain

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 PTI Six UK returnees from Kerala have tested positive for the new strain of the virus, Health Minister K K Shailaja said on Monday. The six are under isolation and observation, the minister added.PTI UD BN WELCOME WELCOME

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (PTI): Six UK returnees from Kerala have tested positive for the new strain of the virus, Health Minister K K Shailaja said on Monday. ''Six people who recently returned from the UK have tested positive for the new strain.We have placed them under surveillance.Their samples had been sent to NIV, Pune and results received today,'' the minister told reporters tonight.

While two persons each from Alappuzha and Kozhikode have tested positive for the new variant, Kottayam and Kannur districts have reported one case each, she said. The six are under isolation and observation, the minister added.PTI UD BN WELCOME WELCOME