Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Wednesday 23 December 2020 22:13, UK
Clare Sibthorpe
Less than a week after the UK learned of a new COVID-19 variant that is up to 70% more infectious, a second one has been found.
Here's what we know so far:
Where did the second coronavirus variant come from and how many cases have been found?
Two cases have been detected in the UK and both were contacts of arrivals from South Africa in the past few weeks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told a Downing Street news conference.
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Mr Hancock said it was "highly concerning" that the variant was "yet more transmissible" than the original strain - and also that it "appears to have mutated further" than the first new variant, though to an unknown extent.
Public Health England's chief adviser Dr Susan Hopkins added that the two variants have different mutations.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...-coronavirus-variant-found-in-the-uk-12171477
Clare Sibthorpe
Less than a week after the UK learned of a new COVID-19 variant that is up to 70% more infectious, a second one has been found.
Here's what we know so far:
Where did the second coronavirus variant come from and how many cases have been found?
Two cases have been detected in the UK and both were contacts of arrivals from South Africa in the past few weeks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told a Downing Street news conference.
...
Mr Hancock said it was "highly concerning" that the variant was "yet more transmissible" than the original strain - and also that it "appears to have mutated further" than the first new variant, though to an unknown extent.
Public Health England's chief adviser Dr Susan Hopkins added that the two variants have different mutations.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...-coronavirus-variant-found-in-the-uk-12171477