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Scientists estimate the variant is about 40 to 70 per cent more transmissible. The U.K. government said on Saturday it could increase the reproduction R rate by 0.4, from 1.1 to 1.5 and the epidemic will grow without measures such as physical distancing and vaccination.
This means it is spreading faster in Britain, making the pandemic there even harder to control and increasing the risk that it will also spread swiftly in other countries.
WATCH | WHO research on U.K. COVID-19 variant focuses on 3 key areas:
WHO research on U.K. COVID-19 variant focuses on 3 key areas
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1:51World Health Organization technical lead Dr. Maria Van Kherhove says U.K. researchers studying the coronavirus variant are focusing on transmissibility, severity and antibody response. She said they re trying to determine if the apparent higher transmissibility rate is from the virus or people s behaviour.1:51
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12/21/2020 8:38:08 PM GMT | By Ross J Burland
NZD/USD heads back towards the day s highs on a volatile start to the week.
Vaccine hopes keep the bid alive, but positioning is overbought and year-end squaring up could be on the cards.
NZD/USD has rallied since London s mid-morning dealing as the US dollar flips on its head, shedding all of its gains for the day by the final hour of Wall Street.
At the time of writing, NZD/USD is trading at below water by 0.37% but has climbed some 1.6% from its lows of the day, travelling between 0.7002 and 0.7123.
NZD/USD burst through low volume nodes in late morning in the New York session from 0.7062 and through the session s point of control at 0.7090 to the current level.
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