Doctors explain the new mutant coronavirus strain that shut down the UK
All viruses mutate. So what does this mean for the pandemic at large? Share Updated: 9:41 PM CST Dec 22, 2020 Korin Miller
All viruses mutate. So what does this mean for the pandemic at large? Share Updated: 9:41 PM CST Dec 22, 2020
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Show Transcript evidence of this virus is, it spreads easily. It s more transmissible. A new, potentially mawr contagious variant of covert 19 has triggered tearful lockdowns in London and parts of England, and dozens of nations are now shutting down travel from the United Kingdom. It s not as though we can stop this getting into other places. There s some they re ready. There are a few countries that have reported single cases of these of this variant. So should you be alarmed? Health officials say it is not any more lethal or any more dangerous than the normal coronavirus. I I m quite confident that this particular
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“Given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus, and the potential risk it poses, it is with a heavy heart that I must tell you we cannot continue with Christmas as planned,” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Dec. 19. In a recent news conference, Johnson claimed it “may be up to 70% more transmissible” than widely circulating variations of the virus, but this figure has yet to be replicated in clinical trials.
Matt Hancock, secretary of Health for England, said in a speech that the mutation may explain why the U.K. has seen a rapid increase in cases lately. Several European countries have closed their borders to travelers from the U.K. in an attempt to keep it contained, per
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Governor Phil Murphy, joined by Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, University Hospital President and CEO Dr. Shereef Elnahal, and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Dean Dr. Robert Johnson, today visited University Hospital’s Vaccine Clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School to mark the historic beginning of New Jersey’s vaccination effort and witness the administration of the first COVID-19 vaccinations to the state’s frontline health care workers.
“This is a day that we have been waiting nearly a year for, and while we know this isn’t the end, we are witnessing, at the least, a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel,”
The United States now has authorized the use of two coronavirus vaccines to help control the pandemic.
The FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) on Dec. 18 for a coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna.
The first doses of Modernaâs vaccine are expected to be given early next week.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) Friday, Dec. 18, for Modernaâs coronavirus vaccine for use in people 18 years and older.
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