'A further variant of Covid-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom, it would be linked to South Africa', is what the British Minister of Health Matt Hancock announces, who reports on two cases tracked at the moment. transmission and would have already undergone mutations. The lockdown has also been extended to other areas in the Kingdom. Meanwhile, the WHO warns: 'the new variant identified in Great Britain "seems to be more easily transmitted by young people and children", but further research is still "ongoing". A case of the so-called English variant was detected in Loreto (Ancona), by a person who had no direct connections with the United Kingdom.
in Great Britain a further variant of the covid has been identified
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It would be linked to South Africa. WHO: 'The new variant is more transmissible to children' (ANSA)