Out of 877 samples screened for UK strain, 16 positive

Ljubljana, 27 January - Slovenian labs have retested 877 samples of positive PCR tests for Sars-CoV-2 from the last two weeks to find 16 of them showing two genetic changes matching the highly virulent UK strain of the virus.

Ljubljana Tjaša Žohar Čretnik, the head of the National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH), speaks to the press. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Tjaša Žohar Čretnik, the head of the National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH), speaks to the press.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana Tjaša Žohar Čretnik, the head of the National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH), speaks to the press. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Tjaša Žohar Čretnik, the head of the National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH), speaks to the press.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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