VADODARA/AHMEDABAD: The state health department on Saturday announced that five cases of ‘Kappa’ variant of coronavirus were detected in Gujarat. Of these, three infections were found in Jamnagar and one each in Godhra and Mehsana.
The government in a release stated that the genome sequencing of samples of these patients, who had tested positive for Covid-19 between March and June this year, revealed that they were infected by the new variant which is classified as ‘variant of interest’ by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The health department also traced those who came in contact with these patients. “So far, none of the contacts of those found infected Kappa variant has been found to have Covid-19 symptoms,” the department said. One of the Panchmahal residents detected with Kappa variant had died on June 30.
