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First case of new covid strain detected in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, a health official said on Friday.He had come in contact with five of his relatives who had recently returned to Dehradun from the UK, District Nodal Officer for COVID Rajeev Dikshit said.Strangely, his relatives have all tested negative for the new strain, but they are COVID-19 positive, he said, adding that the man, in his forties, has never been to Britain.Their primary and secondary contacts are being traced and their samples are being taken, Dikshit said.In total seven samples were sent for genome sequencing to the National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi and only the man's sample has tested positive for the new strain of the coronavirus.