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New Covid strain detected in the UK and should be surge tested, experts warn – Evening Standard
A new Covid variant has been discovered in the UK with similar worrying attributes to the Kent variant and should be targeted with surge testing, experts warn.
A new Covid variant has been discovered in the UK with similar worrying attributes to the Kent variant and should be targeted with surge testing, experts warn.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified the variant, known as B1525, through genome sequencing in ten countries including 35 cases in Denmark, ten in the US, and 33 cases found in the UK so far, reported The Guardian.
The earliest cases were reported in December and were found in Nigeria and the UK. 108 cases have now been detected…
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