Iran confirms first case of new Covid-19 variant
By AFP
January 06, 2021
Tehran: Iran confirmed on Tuesday its first case of a new Covid-19 variant first detected in Britain, as daily deaths dropped below 100 for the first time in over six months.
"Sadly, the first instance of the mutated British Covid-19 was detected in one of our compatriots who had arrived from England," Health Minister Saeed Namaki said in a televised address.
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