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Coronavirus Australia live updates: ‘Unusual’ behaviour of new virus strain – NEWS.com.au
The “unusual” behaviour of a new strain of COVID-19 spreading rapidly in the UK has raised “concern” among experts.
Scientists have described the “unusual” way a new strain of COVID-19 has quickly established its dominance in the UK’s south-east including London.
The new variant was first announced by UK Health Minister Matt Hancock earlier this week. It’s called VUI 202012/01 and has the potential to overtake the current dominant strain in the UK, called 20A.EU1 which is believed to have first come from Spain.
Scientists at the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), who have been working with Public Health…
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