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Scientists warn of new coronavirus variant spreading across Europe – Financial Times
Genetic mutation that originated in Spain transmitted by returning holidaymakers, researchers find
A coronavirus variant that originated in Spanish farm workers has spread rapidly through much of Europe since the summer, and now accounts for the majority of new Covid-19 cases in several countries — and more than 80 per cent in the UK.
An international team of scientists that has been tracking the virus through its genetic mutations has described the extraordinary spread of the variant, called 20A.EU1, in a research paper to be published on Thursday.
Their work suggests that people returning from…
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