UK coronavirus variant detected in 41 territories: WHO
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People queue outside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Liverpool, Britain. — Reuters
The South African variant of Covid-19 detected in six other countries.
The ‘UK’ coronavirus variant had been detected in 41 countries/territories, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement.
“As of January 5, 2021, the VOC-202012/01 variant initially detected in the United Kingdom has been detected in a small number of cases in 40 other countries/territories/areas in five of the six WHO regions, and the 501Y.V2 variant initially detected in South Africa in six other countries/territories/areas,” the WHO said.