The UK has identified a second new variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 responsible for the COVID-19 disease in two patients that are contacts of people that had traveled from South Africa, health minister, Matt Hancock, said on Wednesday.
“This is not news that anyone wants to deliver,” Hancock said at a press briefing, as the UK government tries to cope with the highly contagious strain found in south east England some weeks ago.
The UK government has recently announced a new mutated strain of the coronavirus that transmits 70% faster.
Risks associated with the discovery of the first variant strain have prompted many nations in the European Union and beyond to suspend travel with the UK, as the new variant has also been detected in Australia and the Netherlands.
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