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The new coronavirus variant spreading in the US, the UK, and elsewhere does not cause more severe illness, a major study suggests – Business Insider Australia
A major study has suggested that the new, possibly more contagious coronavirus variant that has been spreading in Europe — and, as of Tuesday, in Colorado —…
- Researchers studying the new B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, believed to be more contagious, found it did not cause more severe disease in a sample of patients.
- The Public Health England study compared 1,769 people infected with the variant against 1,769 people infected with the “wild-type” virus. They found no significant differences in hospitalisation or death rates.
- The variant, first identified in the UK in September, has been found in at least 18 other countries.
- On Tuesday, the US confirmed…
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