Health
The UK Has Identified a New COVID-19 Strain That Spreads More Quickly. Here’s What They Know – NBC New York
So far, there’s no evidence to suggest the new strain causes more severe disease or affects Covid treatments and vaccines, England’s top medical officer said.
England’s top medical officer on Saturday announced that the U.K. has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that “can spread more quickly” than prior strains of the virus, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose fresh restrictions on parts of the nation to control its spread.
“We’re learning about it as we go, but we already know enough, more than enough, to be sure that we must act now,” Johnson said during a press briefing on Saturday where he laid out fresh restrictions on London…
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