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New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried.

You are here: Home / News & Announcements / New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried.

January 10, 2021

IDSI Co-Director Prof. Vladimir Minin gives his opinion in regards to the study and current situation.

The coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has confirmed scientists’ early suspicions of a super spreader capable of turbocharging the pandemic and muscling less transmissible strains of the virus.

Using many distinct methods to track the U.K. variant and compare it to its predecessors, two groups of researchers have concluded that the new strain’s rapid growth across Britain cannot be dismissed as a fluke.

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