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Coronavirus variants: are they really more deadly? Here’s what scientists know so far – The Conversation UK
The UK government has claimed the new British variant of the coronavirus may be 30% more deadly.
One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how concerned should we be about the new variants of the virus that are arising in places such as the UK, South Africa and Brazil? Are they more lethal or more transmissible than the original virus?
In the UK, for example, Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently claimed that the new variant may be 30%-40% more lethal than the old one, though this has since been played down by scientists….
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