Highly Transmissible Variant Of COVID-19 Detected In Sri Lankan Capital
Muhammad Irfan Published June 17, 2021 | 04:19 PM
Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday said the highly transmissible B.1.617.2 variant found in India had been detected for the first time from the community in capital Colombo
COLOMBO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jun, 2021 ) --:Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday said the highly transmissible B.1.617.2 variant found in India had been detected for the first time from the community in capital Colombo.
Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of Sri Jayewardenepura University Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said this variant was detected in five samples obtained from the Dematagoda area in Colombo.
He said the variant was earlier detected on two occasions in Sri Lanka but from quarantine centers and not within the community.
Scientists say this Delta variant was spreading more quickly than the Alpha variant.
Sri Lanka is under a strict nationwide travel restriction which will be lifted on June 21 at 4:00 a.m. local time.
Within the past two months, over 100,000 new infections have been reported as Sri Lanka has detected the new Delta and Alpha variants of the COVID-19 from quarantine centers and several areas, health officials said.
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