• UK's health secretary Hancock: Challenge of supressing the virus has got harder due to new faster-spreading coronavirus variant - Sky News

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30 December 2020

UK's health secretary Hancock: Challenge of supressing the virus has got harder due to new faster-spreading coronavirus variant - Sky News

  • Recent surge of COVID-19 cases is largely due to new variant, which may be up to 70% more infectious than the original one
  • The 'suppress the virus' bit has got a whole lot harder since the new variant really got going over December
  • Now, majority of new cases in the UK are the new variant; it is much, much easier to transmit from one person to another
  • It is absolutely critical that people follow rules and do everything they can to stop spread

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