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Eteläafrikkalainen virusmutaatio vielä englantilaista mutaatiota tartuttavampi?
BBC sanoi:Watch: Covid variant found in South Africa 'highly concerning'
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The health secretary has described the new variant of coronavirus which came to light in South Africa as " highly concerning".
Matt Hancock said the variant was "more transmissible and appears to have mutated further than the new variant that has been discovered in the UK".
In consequence, he said the government was quarantining the two cases found in the UK, as well as their close contacts.
The UK government is also placing "immediate restrictions" on travel from South Africa.
Mr Hancock said anyone who had been in South Africa in the past fortnight, or who had had contact with someone who had been in South Africa in the last two weeks, "must quarantine immediately".
South African Covid-19 variant may be 'more effective at spreading'
Research still to confirm threat posed but variant does not appear to provoke more serious symptoms
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