Health
Concern not alarm urged for virus variants – PerthNow
Worries have been growing over new variants of the coronavirus, whether they are more contagious and if they are resistant to the vaccines being rolled out now.
Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving through England and now popping up in the US and other countries.
Scientists say there is reason for concern and more to learn but that the new variants should not cause alarm.
Worry has been growing since before Christmas, when Britain’s prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than earlier ones and was moving rapidly through England.
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