All you need to know about the new mutant strain of coronavirus – Hull Live

There are fears a new variant of coronavirus may be speeding up the spread of Covid-19, particularly in South East England.
England’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there is nothing to suggest this new strain is more likely to cause serious disease.
Here we answers some of the key questions about the variant:
Is this something unusual?
There have been many mutations in the virus since it emerged in 2019.
This is to be expected SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus and these viruses mutate and change.
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