Govt alert, no need to panic: Harsh Vardhan on new coronavirus strain in UK

"The government is fully conscious about everything. If you ask me, there is no reason to panic the way we are seeing in this press conference," said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan . On December 19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had announced that the newly-identified strain of the virus may be up to 70 per cent more transmissible.

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