Mutant variant N440K found in Kashmir

Srinagar April 23 (PTK) A sample sent from Kashmir for genetic sequencing has been found to have a lesser known N440K mutation by India SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG).

While it is the first case of a Covid variant confirmed in Kashmir, Jammu has recorded 28 positives so far.

Official sources said that reports of 118 samples that had been sent for sequencing have been received and one among them has been found to have mutation.

They said that variant that has been identified by the genomic study is “lesser known”. “It is identified as N440K,” he said. He said the same mutation has been found in some samples from Jammu division and was very common in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana.

N440K was first reported from parts of India in February with GoI stating that it had “not found any direct relation between the recent surge. (PTK)