New Covid-19 strain, found in Bangladesh 2 months back, has similarity with UK's: BCSIR
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
Covid-19 strain, similar to that recently found in the UK, was detected in Bangladesh around two months back, researchers said.
In genomic sequencing analysis in early November, scientists at Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) observed new mutations in novel coronavirus strains in the country.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "We observed that one new strain was almost similar to the one found in the United Kingdom, though it was not 100 percent same. We will start working on it again," Dr Selim Khan, principle scientific officer of the BCSIR, told The Daily Star this morning.
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