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Corona virus strain isolated in India

March 17 , 2020 1635 days 774 0
  • India is the fifth country in the world besides - Japan, Thailand, U.S. and China - to have successfully isolated the COVID -19 virus strain.
  • This helps in the development of drugs, vaccines and rapid diagnostic kits in the country.
  • Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Balram Bhargava said that the strain that we have in India is 99.99% similar to the Wuhan strain.

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