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Five coronavirus strains circulating in Ukraine; foreign media

04 Jan 2021

Five strains of new coronavirus infection are circulating in Ukraine and the relevant data were obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO) after examining 50 test samples from nine regions of Ukraine, foreign media reported. According to Business Standard, the Center for Public Health, which is part of Ukraine's Health Ministry, has said this in a statement. "The results showed that viruses circulating in Ukraine belong to the global genetic line B, which originates from China. Like any other line, genetic line B has varieties. The following genetic variants have been identified in Ukraine: B1; B1.1; B1.1.1; V1.5 and V2,", the center said. The virological laboratory of the Center for Public Health sent test samples from the Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi regions and the city of Kyiv to the WHO.  


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