Greece has become the latest European nation to detect a case of the Covid-19 variant that has helped drive an explosion in infections in India, authorities said.
The public health agency of the country said in a statement that the virus strain was detected in a foreign woman aged 33 who lives in the Athens area and had travelled to Dubai on April 4.
The PCR virus test result of the woman was negative when she left Dubai, the agency said, adding that the variant was detected during a large collection of samples by health services.
Switzerlan on Saturday reported having detected its first case of the Indian variant.