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Covid 19 coronavirus: Scientists alarmed at spread of Covid mutant 20 Dec, 2020 06:28 PM 4 minutes to read Financial Times By: Clive Cookson New strain of virus is 70 per cent more transmissible but seemingly no more deadly after its detection in UK and elsewhere. The highly infectious variant of coronavirus that has emerged in south-east England is spreading rapidly to the rest of the UK and is already present elsewhere in the world, scientists warned on Sunday. The World Health Organisation said its Evolution Working Group is working closely with the UK medical authorities...

FT People of the Year: BioNTech's Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci 16 minutes to read By: Joe Miller and Clive Cookson By developing a Covid vaccine in less than a year, the couple achieved a remarkable scientific and business success. In the 11 months since they devoted themselves to stemming the deadliest pandemic in over a century, Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin's precious few private moments have been spent exercising along deserted suburban streets near their home in the German city of Mainz, listening to '80s pop playlists. Deluged by paperwork from regulators around the world...