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UK government declares identification of a “new variant” of coronavirus
The UK government has released a statement that a “new variant” of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that could be causing a faster spread of the virus has been identified. This information was released yesterday by Matt Hancock, the UK Health Secretary.
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A “New Variant”
Many variants of the virus have been reported globally, but what makes this particular one important is that the virus is currently spreading fast in the South East of England, and the Health Secretary states that they believe this is due to the new variant. It should be noted that this is an associated link and has not been confirmed as causation.
Coronavirus: India is the country with the second-highest coronavirus caseload in the world.
Highlights
354 deaths in the last 24 hours push total death count to 1,43,709
Over 94.22 lakh people in the country have recovered
New Delhi: India recorded 22,065 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest one-day figure in over five months (since July 7), taking the total Covid caseload to over 99.06 lakh. The number of fresh infections is over 18% per cent lower than yesterday s. 354 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to 1,43,709. Over 94.22 lakh people in the country have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic, pushing the overall recovery rate to over 95 per cent, which is one of the highest in the world for countries with high caseload , the ministry said. India, which reported its first case on January 30, is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States.
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Coronavirus variant: Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary say dem identify new form of Covid-19
14 December 2020
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UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock don tell MPs say dem don identify new variant of coronavirus wey fit dey associated with faster spread.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock say at least 60 different local authorities inside England don record Covid infections wey dis new form of covid cause.
He say di World Health Organization don dey notified and Porton Down dey do detailed studies about di mata.
Mr Hancock say nothing dey to suggest say e cause worse disease or say vaccines no go work again.