New COVID-19 strains detected in India highly transmissible: PGIMER Director

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh Director Professor Jagat Ram alerted citizens of India over new COVID strains.

Prof Ram said, "New COVID-19 strains detected in India and the UK strain is highly transmissible.

We should take all possible precautions to prevent the rise in cases.

Currently, we have 55 COVID-19 cases at the hospital.

The cases have gone up in the last 2 weeks."