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New variant of Covid-19 has already spread around the UK – scientist – Forres Gazette
A small number of cases were found in the South West, the Midlands and the North of England, areas that are under Tier 2 and 3 restrictions.
Genomic researchers have found the new and more infectious variant of Covid-19 has already spread around the UK, with cases identified in Wales and Scotland.
The Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium sampled cases around the UK and found the variant is also in the South West, Midlands and North of England, areas that are under Tier 2 and 3 restrictions.
Jeffrey Barrett, lead Covid-19 statistical geneticist at COG-UK, warned there was a lag in the sequence data being sampled, so the most recent…
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