Kent variant more infectious but not as severe as feared: studies | Daily Sabah – Daily Sabah

A highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first detected in Kent that has now become the dominant strain in Turkey, Europe and many other countries does not cause more severe disease in hospitalized patients, new research suggests.
Two studies found no evidence that people with the B117 variant have worse symptoms or heightened risk of developing long COVID-19 than those with a different strain.
However, viral load and the reproduction (R) number were higher for B117, adding to growing evidence that…

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