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Iran detects new SARS-CoV-2 variant in national who returned from UK

Tehran, Jan 5 (Sputnik) Iran has detected the first case of the novel coronavirus mutated variant that was discovered in the United Kingdom last month in a person who has recently returned from the kingdom, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday.
"Unfortunately, the first case of the UK strain of the coronavirus has been found in one of our compatriots who has come from the UK," Namaki said live on the IRINN channel, noting that the person had entered Iran with a negative test.
According to the minister, the patient has been hospitalized and he is feeling okay. His relatives have tested negative for COVID-19.
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