COVID-19: New variant reported worldwide
London, 27th December: Cases of the new variant of coronavirus have been reported worldwide.
According to reports from the BBC News, cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in the UK have been confirmed in several European countries as well as Canada and Japan.
Infections linked to people who arrived from the UK were reported in Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and France.
As per recent reports, a couple was found infected in Ontario, Canada and had no known travel history or high-risk contacts, officials say.
Japan is to ban most non-resident foreign nationals from entering the country for a month from Monday. Infections in five passengers who had arrived from the UK, the country has confirmed two more cases, one of which is said to have been domestically transmitted.
Since last week, after the new variant of the coronavirus emerged travel restrictions around the world have been imposed.
Meanwhile, several EU countries have started to vaccinate people against the virus ahead of a co-ordinated roll out across the whole bloc on Sunday.
Scientists say the new variant of COVID-19 may have been spotted in the UK first because of the strength of the country’s surveillance system.
Experts say that the new variant is considerably more transmissible than previous strains but not necessarily any more dangerous for those infected.
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