<span style="color: #222222;">Hyderabad Based CSIR-CCMB director Dr Rakesh K Mishra today said there is no need to panic about the new Corona Variant originated from the UK. He asked the people to be careful and take measures to prevent the spread of the virus.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking to AIR Correspondent, he opined that the COVID vaccine development programmes many not be affected due to the new variant. He said there is no evidence that the variant will affect those who are already infected by Corona and recovered.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Underlining that people should take all measures like maintaining physical distance, wearing masks and using sanitizer, he said if the preventive measures were ignored, there could be trouble again in highly populous countries like India. </span><br />''<b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Advocating for a strong surveillance mechanism to be put in place, Dr Mishra said a Coordination team involving about 10 national Laboratories has been formed.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In Telangana, three persons who came from the UK during the last two weeks have tested positive for the new variant and they have been kept in special quarantine.</span><br />''