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Kolkata, Jan 02: <\/strong>At least three more people, who returned to Kolkata from London on December 20, have been detected with Covid-19, prompting authorities to send their samples for genome sequencing to ascertain whether they were infected with the new and more contagious strain<\/a> <\/span><\/span>of the disease found in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll three have been kept in isolation in a state-run hospital in Kolkata,\u201d<\/strong> said a health department official.<\/p>\n

Earlier two people, who had returned on the same December 20 flight, were detected with Covid-19. One of them was later found to be carrying the new strain.<\/p>\n

The five were among the 222 passengers, who arrived in Kolkata from London on December 20. That was the last flight to have arrived from London before the government suspended all flights from the UK from December 23.<\/p>\n

A dry run for Covid-19 vaccination<\/a> <\/span><\/span>was separately scheduled to be launched in West Bengal on Saturday. Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Gujarat earlier conducted dry runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree areas in North 24 Parganas district \u2013 Amdanga, Duttabad, and Madhyamgram — have been selected for the dry run in West Bengal,\u201d<\/strong> said a health department official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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