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Raising fears after Uganda detects Indian Covid variant

Raising fears after Uganda detects Indian Covid variant

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA has detected the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus, igniting fears the East African nation could suffer a resurgence of cases just when its outbreak has waned, a senior health official has disclosed. "Yes, we have got one individual who has that variant," Pontiano Kaleebu, head of the government-run Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) told Reuters. The variant, he said, had been detected in recent days on a Ugandan who had returned from a visit to India. He did not immediately have further information. Health Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Ainebyoona told Reuters the country's coronavirus task-force would discuss…
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