Mutant Covid-19 strain in UK doesn’t appear to be deadlier
Mutant Covid-19 strain in UK doesn’t appear to be deadlier
Washington, December 22: Indian-American Vivek Murthy, US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Surgeon General, has said that the highly infectious new mutant Covid-19 strain discovered in Britain, does not appear to be any deadlier.”While it seems to be more transmissible, we do not have evidence yet that this is a more deadly virus to an individual who acquires it,” Murthu said on NBC News on Sunday. He added that there was also no proof that Covid-19 vaccines would be less effective against the new strain. “It turns out that masking, that keeping physical distance, washing our hands, these are still the pillars of preventing Covid-19 transmission,” Murthy was quoted as further saying. On December 19, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of the mutant virus strain which has quickly spread across London and the southeast of England. According to UK Health Secretary, the new variant was “out of control”. Due to the development, several countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Saudi Arabia, announced restrictions on passenger planes to and from the UK.
By: R News India 24