While an increase in infectiousness in children is, of course, nothing to be indifferent about, the biggest impact on our health will probably be from children acting as a vehicle to infect adults and cause illness in those for whom vaccination fails to provide protection.
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During a Downing Street briefing on Monday evening, Johnson said he can t offer any cast iron guarantees because while infections are falling, there are still more COVID-19 patients in hospitals than the peak of the pandemic in April 2020.
‘We don’t yet know how well this (new) variant will spread, but if it is successful it can be presumed that immunity from any vaccine or previous infection will be blunted’
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Medical Technologist Sosina Merid with the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences displays a sample testing vial in a new mobile testing lab unit set up in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. A team of technicians can test up to 50 samples within four hours and provide same day results. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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and last updated 2021-02-14 14:43:30-05
LONDON â U.K. government scientific advisers say the COVID-19 variant now predominant in the country may be up to 70% more deadly than previous variants, underscoring concerns about how mutations may change the characteristics of the disease.