People in the UK are asked not to be alarmed after another new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant was identified in North England. The new variant, also known as variant #B11482, was designated as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI)—VUI-21MAY-01—by Public Health England (PHE). The government said on Thursday that PHE had been monitoring the variant since April and that there had been 49 cases, mainly concentrated in Yorkshire and the Humber. Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield, said on Friday that his team had been monitoring the new strain. “We have been monitoring VUI-21MAY-01 and we’re managing this carefully as we do with all outbreaks across the city,” Fell said in a statement. “There is no evidence to suggest this strain is any more transmissible than other strains identified in the UK and across the world, or to suggest the vaccine doesn’t work against this strain,” he said. “Please don’t …