COVID-19: More countries detect mutated UK coronavirus variant
Several European countries and Australia have detected the new, faster-spreading variant of COVID-19. In South Africa, authorities believe that a new variant detected there is not the same as the one in the UK.
The virus mutation was detected in September in Kent
A new variant of COVID-19 is sweeping across southern England and has caused alarm in continental Europe, leading to a flurry EU countries to issue travel bans on the UK in an effort to stop the mutation from spreading locally.
Over the weekend, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the fast-moving new variant of the virus was 70% more transmissible than existing variants and said it likely was the driving force behind a rapid spike in new infections in London and southern England.