A leading virologist who said one of two Brazilian COVID-19 variants had been detected in the UK has now said the one picked up in Britain is not the one of concern.
ONE of the concerning coronavirus variants found in Brazil, that has led to a travel ban to the country, has been found in the UK a leading scientist has said. Professor Wendy Barclay, head of G2P-UK National Virology Consortium and a government adviser said it would now be traced very carefully . Prof Barclay said: There are two different types of Brazilian variants and one of them has been detected and one of them has not. “In the databases, if you search the sequences, you will see that there is some some evidence for variants from around the world, and I believe including the Brazilian one, which probably was introduced some time ago.
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