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Over 200 air passengers found COVID positive; samples show presence of BF.7 variant: Mansukh Mandaviya

12/01/2023 12:51 PM | Click to read full article

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that over 200 air passengers were found COVID-positive with BF.7 variant during the random sampling at the airports. "Till today, more than 15 lakh air passengers screened for Covid19. Of which more than 200 passengers were found Covid positive; their samples sent for genome sequencing showed that the BF.7 variant was found in many passengers. Our vaccines are effective against this variant," said Mandaviya. 

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