COVID: Kappa variant found in UP’s Gorakhpur

Jul 10, 2021

Gorakhpur (UP), July 10 (ANI): The first Kappa variant case of coronavirus has been found in UP’s Gorakhpur city.“We had sent around 72 samples to Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) Gene Sequencing Centre, Delhi. We received reports for 30. Delta variant was found in 27 of them. Delta Plus confirmed in 2 of them and 1 patient had Kappa variant,” informed Dr. Amresh Singh, Assistant Professor, Head Microbiologist, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur.