Health
Should Australia halt repatriations from the UK over new coronavirus strain? – SBS News
Many countries around the world have introduced new restrictions on UK flights due to the fast-spreading coronavirus strain. But experts say this doesn’t mean Australia…
The new coronavirus variant believed to have originated in the UK has health authorities around the world on high alert and cancelling flights from the country.
But Australian health experts say the new strain, referred to as B117 lineage, is likely to already be widespread around the world so restricting flights from the UK would achieve little.
The fast-spreading variant is some 70 per cent more transmissible than the common strain of the virus and has quickly spread to become the UK’s dominant…
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