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UK coronavirus strain successfully cultured by India
New Delhi, Jan 03: India has successfully cultured the new coronavirus strain, which originated in the UK, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday.
In a tweet, the ICMR claimed that no country has yet reported successful isolation and culture of the UK-variant of SARS-CoV-2.
Culture is the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside their natural environment.
"UK-variant
of
the
virus,
with
all
signature
changes,
is
now
successfully
isolated
and
cultured
at
the
National
Institute
of
Virology
(NIV)
from
the
clinical
specimens
collected
from
UK-returnees,"
the
ICMR
said.
The
research
body
said
vero
cell
lines
were
used
by
the
scientists
of
ICMR-NIV
to
culture
the
UK-variant
of
the
virus.
The UK had recently announced that the newly identified strain of the virus found in their population was up to 70 per cent more infectious.
A total of 29 people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
