Four types of COVID-19 strains circulating Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, April 22, 2021 . / Kabar / . Four types of COVID-19 strains of coronavirus infection are circulating in Kyrgyzstan - British, South African, Indian and Russian. The press service of Kyrgyzstan’s Health Ministry reported that analyses were sent to the World Health Organization Reference Laboratory with the Federal State Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector (Novosibirsk) of Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) for in-depth phylogenetic study to identify COVID-19 strain varieties among those infected in the republic. In this regard, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the republic recommends that the population strictly observe preventive precautions On April 22, it became known that Britain strain of the novel coronavirus has been detected in Kyrgyzstan.