New UK COVID-19 strain detected in Australia, Italy

LONDON: With several countries in the world either suspending or temporarily halting flights to and fro from Britain after the discovery of a new mutant COVID-19 strain, reports of detection of the new strain in patients in Australia and Italy have also emerged. Australia's federal health minister Greg Hunt said on Monday that the new strain has been detected in a small number of cases, The Guardian reported. The health ministry in Italy on Sunday said that it detected a patient with the new COVID-19 strain found in Britain. The patient, who is now in isolation, returned from the UK in the past few days. The fear over the fast spread of the new strain has led many countries to put new restrictions on international travel. (IANS)

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