Wednesday, December 23, 2020

UK discovers another even ‘more transmissible’ coronavirus variant – health secretary — RT

UK discovers another even ‘more transmissible’ coronavirus variant

 UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has sounded the alarm after yet another variant of the coronavirus, which is believed to be even more contagious that the previous one, had been found in the country.

“We’ve detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus here in the UK,” Hancock said during a media briefing, calling the discovery “highly concerning.”

The newer strain “is yet more transmissible and it appears to have mutated further than the (first) new variant that’s been discovered in the UK,” he added.

This new coronavirus variant has entered Britain from South Africa, according to the Health Secretary.

It’s already the second mutated strain of Covid-19 announced by the UK authorities in the space of just two weeks.The previous one, which is thought to have emerged from Kent, is reportedly up to 70 percent more contagious than the original virus....rt

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  1. A new, potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.

    South Africa's health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the virus had been discovered and might be responsible for a recent surge in infections there.

    "Thanks to the impressive genomic capability of the South Africans, we've detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus here in the UK," Hancock told a media briefing.

    "Both are contacts of cases who have travelled from South Africa over the past few weeks."+

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  2. El ministro de Salud británico, Matt Hancock, anunció este miércoles que se detectó una segunda variante del coronavirus "aún más contagiosa" que la cepa de la que se informó la semana pasada.

    Esta versión del SARS-CoV-2, ligada a personas que han viajado al Reino Unido desde Sudáfrica, es "muy preocupante" y parece contener más mutaciones que la que ha comenzado a extenderse con rapidez en el sur de Inglaterra.

    Ante la aparición de esa cepa, el gobierno británico impondrá restricciones "inmediatas" a los viajes a Sudáfrica y cuarentenas estrictas a las personas que hayan regresado de ese país en las últimas dos semanas y a sus contactos.

    Hasta ahora, Gran Bretaña identificó dos casos de esa nueva cepa en su territorio, ambos en individuos cercanos a personas que habían viajado en las últimas semanas...

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    1. Les autorités britanniques ont annoncé mercredi avoir identifié deux cas d’une autre nouvelle souche du coronavirus, "hautement préoccupante" car "plus contagieuse", en provenance d’Afrique du Sud, pays avec lequel des restrictions de voyage sont mises en place "immédiatement".

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    2. "Cette nouvelle variante est hautement préoccupante, parce qu’elle est plus contagieuse et semble avoir muté davantage que la nouvelle variante qui a été identifiée au Royaume-Uni", a déclaré le ministre de la Santé Matt Hancock, annonçant que quiconque a été en Afrique du Sud ou a été en "contact proche" avec quelqu’un qui est allé dans ce pays ces deux dernières semaines doit se mettre "immédiatement en quarantaine".

      Les personnes porteuses de ce virus, qui avaient voyagé en provenance d’Afrique du Sud ces dernières semaines et celles qui ont été en contact avec elles ont été placées en quarantaine, a-t-il ajouté.

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