Another new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus has been identified, the UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday. In a TV briefing, Hancock said that the new strain was detected on two patients, both of whom had traveled from South Africa over the past few weeks. “This new variant is highly concerning, because it is yet more transmissible, and it appears to have mutated further than the new variant has been discovered in the UK,” he said. Hancock said the chief scientific adviser and the chief medical officer and others had worked with their South African counterparts over the last day, and the cases were detected thanks to the UK’s surveillance and “the impressive genomic capability of the South Africans.” Speaking at the same TV briefing, Dr. Susan Hopkins from Public Health England said the South Africa variant has very different mutations comparing to the one found in the …
Another New CCP Virus Variant Found From South Africa: UK Health Minister
December 23, 2020
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