Indian strain COVID-19 was first identified in Minsk, its circulation in other regions of Belarus has not yet been established, the press service of the republic’s Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday.
“Analysis of the sequences of the SARS-COV-2 virus-allocated in June from patient samples with confirmed COVID-19 showed that in Minsk, ten studied samples had a set of mutations in a thorough-shaped protein characteristic of the” Indian “option … What can be stated that the “Indian” version of the coronavirus is identified in Belarus. At the same time, the circulation of this option in other regions of Belarus is not established, “the Press Service of the Belarusian Ministry of Health quotes RIA News.