Photo: Bigstock‘The variant also seems to be spreading among younger age groups unlike previous strains’The new variant of novel coronavirus, known as VOC-202012/01, has already been detected in eight European countries, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said. “8 countries in the WHO Europe region have now identified the new Covid-19 variant VOC-202012/01,” Kluge wrote in a Twitter post on Friday. “The variant also seems to be spreading among younger age groups unlike previous strains. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told an urgent news conference on December 19 that according to the current findings the new variant might be 70% more contagious. Some countries, including Russia, have paused air links with Britain.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 26, 2020 08:03 UTC