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THE new and more infectious variant of Covid-19 has been detected on the outskirts of Chester, according to researchers. The Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium sampled cases around the UK and found a case of the mutant strain in the village of Burton, near Dutton. A case has also been detected just over the border in Wrexham. The new variant – named VUI-202012/01 – led to London and parts of southern and eastern England being rushed into the new Tier 4 regime at the weekend, e...

PATIENT X New Covid strain ‘started with one patient in Kent amid fears it’s triggered explosive outbreaks in schools’ Vanessa Chalmers, Digital Health Reporter 23 Dec 2020, 15:41 Updated: 23 Dec 2020, 15:42 THE new strain of Covid most likely evolved in one patient in Kent, scientists believe. And they fear the variant gripping the UK is the cause of “explosive” outbreaks of cases in schools and care homes. 4 Professor Neil Ferguson said experts were looking closely at whether the n...

Will vaccines work on the South African variant? Taking the same position as she did on the first variant, Dr Hopkins said there is no evidence to suggest the Pfizer/BioNTech jab rolling out in the UK will not work on the South African one. "There is strong evidence that the vaccine will work. The vaccine produces a strong immune response - and its broad and acts against lots of variations in the virus," she said. A member of the governments New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory G...

THE mutant strain of Covid-19 has been identified on our area, according to data by the COG-UK monitoring group.  According to research by the group, the variant has been identified in Cleckheaton, among a number of other places across the UK, as shown below. Where the new variant has been identified However, there are warnings that its likely the new variant has already spread more widely than this.  Professor John Wright, an epidemiologist based at the Bradford Royal Infirmary, s...

Experts yesterday said the new virus variant was more transmissible because those who contracted it produced more of the infection in their nose and mouth. This means they will breathe more into the air, according to Professor Robert Dingwall, of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group [NERVTAG}. Prof Dingwall said: "You are producing more of the infection in the upper respiratory tract and the virus is reproducing faster so there is more to go into the air. It also has pr...

The latest Covid figures for the North-East -read more The Government said a further 691 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the UK total to 68,307. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 84,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK. It said that, a...

Letters Mandatory face coverings | Vaccines | Black Death in Norway | Three kings, more or less | Guardian supporters Sculptures of the three magi wearing face masks and shields at Pozzo della Cava in Orvieto, Italy. ‘There’s no evidence that there were three kings or magi,’ writes Andrew Saint. Photograph: Gianluigi Basilietti/EPA Sculptures of the three magi wearing face masks and shields at Pozzo della Cava in Orvieto, Italy. ‘There’s no evidence that there were thre...

Genomic researchers have found the new and more infectious variant of Covid-19 has already spread around the UK, with cases identified in Wales and Scotland. The Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium sampled cases around the UK and found the variant is also in the South West, Midlands and North of England – areas that are under Tier 2 and 3 restrictions. Scientists Professor Lawrence Young and Professor Robert Dingwall explained the new variant is more transmissible because it “sticks”...

Genomic researchers have found the new and more infectious variant of Covid-19 has already spread around the UK, with cases identified in Wales and Scotland. The Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium sampled cases around the UK and found the variant is also in the South West, Midlands and North of England – areas that are under Tier 2 and 3 restrictions. Scientists Professor Lawrence Young and Professor Robert Dingwall explained the new variant is more transmissible because it “sticks”...