Prof Sharon Peacock told the BBC's Newscast podcast the new variant has "swept the country" and "it's going to sweep the world, in all probability".
She said her work sequencing variants of the virus could be required for at least 10 years. BBC News
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- Britain has dished out 10% of world's Covid vaccines but experts say UK's drive needs to speed up The Daily Mail
- UK autumn Covid lockdown 'too late', Professor Neil Ferguson says The Daily Mail
- UK should be 'more or less free' of pandemic by Christmas, says Sage scientist The Daily Telegraph
- UK total of 170 cases of South Africa Covid variant 'reassuring' The Guardian
- Covid travel rule-breakers could face 10-year jail terms, says Hancock The Guardian
- Thinktank critical of NHS Covid response has links to Hancock The Guardian
- Covid vaccine: tens of thousands of UK nurses yet to receive first dose The Guardian
- Doctors warn intensive care units still face months of extra pressure The Independent
- We prepared for the wrong pandemic, admits former health secretary Jeremy Hunt The Independent
- Ministers failed to learn lessons from first Covid wave and locked down too late, Neil Ferguson says The Independent
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