Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Covid: New variant detected 'due to strength of UK surveillance'

Covid: New variant detected 'due to strength of UK surveillance' A new variant of the virus causing Covid-19, first spotted in Kent, could already be circulating - or have originated from - outside the UK.

But it was spotted here because of the strength of the UK's surveillance system, scientists have said.

The Covid-19 Genomics Consortium (Cog-UK) has tracked the genetic history of more than 150,000 samples of Sars-Cov-2 virus. BBC News

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