All Covid+ international passengers to undergo genome sequencingThe Union Health Ministry has said that all the international passengers who arrived in India during last 14 days before the travel ban to UK and were tested positive for Covid-19, will be subjected to genome sequencing.The Indian authorities have become alert after the new "fast-spreading" coronavirus variant was discovered in Britain.The Centre also clarified that the genome sequencing of the symptomatic or positive passengers will be done for those who travelled in the country from 9 December to 22 December, 2020.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.