The World Health Organisation recently announced that the United Kingdom covid-19 variant has been detected in more than 41 countries.
It was first detected in South Africa.
The National Institute of virology, Pune has successfully isolated this virus.
India launched recently INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Consortium) labs.
It is a consortium of ten labs namely NIBMG Kolkata, ILS Bhubaneswar, NIV Pune, CCS Pune, CCMB Hyderabad, CDFD Hyderabad, InSTEM Bengaluru, NIMHANS Bengaluru, IGIB Delhi, NCDC Delhi.