Health Ministry calls for emergency meeting over mutant COVID strain in UK
Experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative, and others will be part of the emergency meeting.;
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New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday called an emergency meeting of its top advisors to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the novel Coronavirus in the UK.
The special strain of the Covid-19 virus has led to a massive surge in cases in southeast England and London and prompted several countries to ground flights from the country.
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