Bengal Reports First Case of New Covid... ... Coronavirus Live Updates: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India Today 30 December 2020

Bengal Reports First Case of New Covid Strain: West Bengal has reported its first case of a mutant coronavirus strain that surfaced in the United Kingdom, a senior health official said on Wednesday. The patient, the son of a senior official of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, tested positive for the mutant strain VUI-202012/01 after returning from London, the official said. "The youth is undergoing treatment at the state-run hospital's super-speciality section. He is under observation. We have advised all those who have come in contact with him to isolate themselves," the official said, adding that the new strain is believed to be significantly more transmissible.