New Covid variant raises concern, but unlikely to impact vaccine development
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A number of European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government warned that the potent new strain of the virus was out of control and imposed a stringent new stay-at-home lockdown from Sunday.
Health Ministry meeting today after spread of mutant coronavirus strain in UK
MUMBAI: A new variant of SARS-Cov2 virus found in the United Kingdom, which seems to be 70% quicker in spreading, has raised concerns in the scientific community about its likely impact on the efforts to bring the pandemic under control and whether vaccines will work against this variant.
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A new coronavirus strain surging to dominance in the UK appears to spread faster despite lockdowns, prompting panic and a wave of border closures
A new coronavirus strain surging to dominance in the UK appears to spread faster despite lockdowns, prompting panic and a wave of border closures
Sinéad BakerDec 22, 2020, 00:31 IST
A sign on England’s M56 motorway informs drivers that all routes into France are closed on December 21, 2020.PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images
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coronavirus strain that appears to infect people more easily.
Multiple countries also moved quickly to block travel from the UK, expressing concern over the new strain.
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The UK government imposed harsher restrictions on millions of people this weekend, warning of a mutated coronavirus strain that appears to infect people more easily.
Multiple countries also moved quickly to block travel from the UK, expressing concern over the new strain.
The government said the new strain could increase the country s R number by 0.4 and suggested that the strain was behind 59% of new cases in eastern England and 62% of new cases in London.
Experts say the situation is worrying and needs to be closely monitored, but they added that this strain didn t appear to be deadlier.