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New variant of coronavirus being investigated in England, says WHO

| Updated: December 15, 2020 18:07:52


Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) seen in this undated Reuters photo Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) seen in this undated Reuters photo

The World Health Organization (WHO) is aware of a new variant of Covid-19 that has emerged in Britain, but there is no evidence the strain behaves differently to existing types of the virus, it said on Monday.

“We are aware of this genetic variant reported in 1,000 individuals in England,” the WHO’s top emergencies expert Mike Ryan told a news briefing in Geneva. “Authorities are looking at its significance. We have seen many variants, this virus evolves and changes over time.”

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