Panaji: The mutant Corona virus continues to spread fear in Goa as 10 more individuals who arrived from United Kingdom in recent days have tested positive for COVID19.
The individuals had come just before the flights to the UK were suspended by the Central government upto December 31.
All the 10 positive passengers are undergoing RTPCR test.
After these tests, samples will be sent to NIV Pune for genomic studies tomorrow.
These tests will verify if they are carrying the new Corona strain or no. Govt of India has banned flights from and to UK after a new strain of Covid 19 was found there. The new strain is said to spread several times faster than Covid 19.