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Mutated COVID-19 variant from South Africa found in United Kingdom, Health Minister says
Britain will halt flights and arrivals from South Africa after a potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spread to the United Kingdom.
Key points:
- This is the second mutant strain detected in the UK in recent weeks
- The UK imposed immediate restrictions on travel from South Africa
- Countries around the world have closed their borders to both Britain and South Africa
South Africa’s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the virus had been discovered and might be responsible for a recent surge in infections there.
“Thanks to the impressive genomic capability of the South Africans, we’ve detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus here in the UK,” British Health…
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