<p>The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19 in India has climbed to 145, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.</p>.<p>All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by respective state governments, the ministry had said earlier.</p>.<p>Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.</p>.<p>Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.</p>.<p>The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the states for enhanced surveillance, containment, testing and dispatch of samples to INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium) labs.</p>.<p>"The total number of persons found infected with the UK strain of COVID-19 is 145," the ministry said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The presence of the new UK variant has already been reported by several countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.</p>
<p>The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19 in India has climbed to 145, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.</p>.<p>All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by respective state governments, the ministry had said earlier.</p>.<p>Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.</p>.<p>Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.</p>.<p>The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the states for enhanced surveillance, containment, testing and dispatch of samples to INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium) labs.</p>.<p>"The total number of persons found infected with the UK strain of COVID-19 is 145," the ministry said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The presence of the new UK variant has already been reported by several countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.</p>