variants

BOTH Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, expert warns

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Both Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, a Sage expert has warned after Boris Johnson declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday. Two variants of interest have been identified in South America; the first has a small number of mutations and eight … Read more

Brown University’s Dr Jha warns new covid variants could make pandemic up to FIVE TIMES deadlier

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Dr Ashish K Jha (pictured), dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, has issued a warning about the new ‘super-covid’ variants A top public health expert says the new ‘super-covid’ variants could make the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. up to five times deadlier. The new strain, known as B.1.1.7 – which was … Read more