COVID-19 — United Kingdom
This variant shares some similarities to the one that has already been detected in the UK, although they have evolved separately.
Both have a mutation — called N501Y — which is in a crucial part of the virus that it uses to infect the body’s cells.
Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, said: “I think the greatest concern of ours at the moment is the South African one.
“There’s certainly anecdotal reports of explosive outbreaks for that virus and very steep increases in
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