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Kent COVID variant: What you should know, in less than 500 words – Al Jazeera English
The highly infectious strain, first detected in southeast England last September, has spread to more than 80 countries.

A highly infectious strain of coronavirus first detected in southeast England last September has now spread to more than 80 countries, and there are warnings it will sweep the world.
Scientists believe the B.1.1.7 variant could be up to 70 percent more infectious and about 30 percent more lethal than other versions of the novel coronavirus in circulation.
B.1.1.7 is defined by 23 mutations from the original strain of SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which was first detected in the Chinese…
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