Coronavirus | South African strain of COVID-19 found in Karnataka
The Hindu
Karnataka on Wednesday recorded the first COVID-19 case of the South African strain.
It was detected in a 58-year-old male, who came to Bengaluru on March 1 from Dubai. He is under institutional quarantine in Shivamogga, Health Commissioner K.V. Trilok Chandra told The Hindu. Eight of his primary contacts have been traced and isolated. They have been tested and reports are awaited, he added.
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