Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead, says there is no evidence so far that the new strain of Covid behaves differently. She said the variant was being monitored by the Virus Evolution Working Group. “It’s come up in the context of mink variants identified elsewhere,” she said.
A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England. According to BBC, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant.
