Nicola Sturgeon will address Scotland tonight after chairing Cabinet meeting over new Covid variant that has cancelled Christmas in England First Minister warned ‘preventative action may be necessary’ to stop the strain Ms Sturgeon spoke with Scottish colleague and other leaders earlier today Chris Whitty confirmed the new variant is more contagious than previous strains … Read more
Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that a new mutation of coronavirus could spread easily across America. It comes as infections soar across eight states, with more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 671 deaths, bringing the confirmed total to 2.74 million cases and 128,742 deaths. A small change to a variant of the novel coronavirus has helped … Read more
How a mutant coronavirus strain dominated the world: Scientists discover change to COVID-19 variant that lets it copy itself more efficiently – making it more infectious (but not more deadly) Researchers found the most dominant strain of the virus was a mutation of the original variant called G614 The G strain is not a deadlier … Read more