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Coronavirus LIVE UDPATES: UK variant poised to ‘sweep’ the world – The Australian Financial Review
The UK variant and its mutations could undermine vaccines; the Melbourne outbreak continues to spread with another two close contacts testing positive. Follow updates…
The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it is mutating and so could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UKs genetic surveillance programme said.
She also said the British variant was dominant in the country and was likely to sweep the world, in all probability.
The coronavirus has killed 2.35 million people and turned normal life upside down for billions, but a few new worrying variants out of thousands…
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