What Do the New Coronavirus Variants Mean for the Pandemic?
Q: What are the risks of the newly identified coronavirus variants?
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It’s not yet known whether mutant versions cause more severe disease, but some are likely more contagious. Scientists expect vaccines will work but are monitoring the situation.
FULL QUESTION
Subject: COVID-19 Mutation in Colorado
I know that viruses continuously mutate, but is this new mutation that was just found stateside actually more dangerous than any other mutations of the COVID-19 virus?
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On Dec. 29, Colorado officials reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. due to a variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the U.K. in September.
Britain could have suffered 120,000 Covid deaths by the time No10 can safely ease restrictions because enough of the country has been vaccinated, experts fear
Department of Health statistics show the UK s Covid-19 death toll already stands at 81,000 since March
But experts fear another 30,000 deaths are already baked into the figures because of December cases
And deaths are unlikely to peak until February 16, four weeks after coronavirus cases will do the same
Map shows how experts predict the North East s Covid cases will change after Christmas
Scientists at Imperial College London have mapped out what they think will happen to coronavirus cases over Christmas and New Year
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Scientists predict New Year COVID hotspot in Lincolnshire
Boston, Lincoln and West Lindsey most likely
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Scientists at Imperial College London have predicted that Boston, Lincoln and West Lindsey are highly likely to have an infection rate of more than 300 cases each per week by January 1, 2021.
The scientists created an interactive map using a model which combines specimen dates and whether the R (reproduction) rate is greater than 1. It assumes there are no further changes in intervention.
England has an infection rate of 206.6 cases per 100,000 people, official data shows, however, it is expected to continue rising particularly during the Christmas relaxations.
Interactive map reveals UK Covid hotspots at risk of soaring cases between Christmas and New Year
18 Dec 2020, 13:23
Updated: 18 Dec 2020, 16:37
THIS interactive map reveals the parts of the UK that are at risk of becoming Covid hotspots by the New Year.
Swathes of the South East England, including London, could be recording at least 500 cases per 100,000 in January, scientists predict.
To visit the map website, click here
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Scientists at Imperial College London have predicted where cases will reach 500 per 100,000 by New Years Day
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A rough idea of where places are currently seeing 500 cases per 100,000
But very few areas further than the Midlands will be seeing such high cases - although some could still record up to 300 infections per 100,000 people.