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New coronavirus strain: Woman who flew from UK tests positive, flees to Andhra Pradesh

The woman, who reached her hometown Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh after allegedly running away from a quarantine facility in Delhi was held by the Railway police and health authorities and admitted to a local hospital after Wednesday midnight

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A COVID-19 positive woman who allegedly managed to give the slip to authorities in Delhi after her arrival from the UK recently and reach Andhra Pradesh by train has been traced to Rajamahendravaram and admitted to a hospital along with her son, officials said today.

Their swab samples are being sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to determine whether she contracted the new strain of COVID-19, detected in the United Kingdom, a Health department official said.

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