UK COVID-19 variant 45 percent more transmissible says new study from Israel
The strain went from 5 percent to 90 percent of cases in six weeks, but vaccinations prevented spread in older person care homes.
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Chia-Yi Hou | Apr. 21, 2021
A Magen David Adom health worker prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to be administered to Palestinians working in Israel, at the Israeli entrance of the Mitar checkpoint south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank and towards the Israeli city of Beersheba, on Mar. 8.Getty Images
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A new study from a team of researchers in Israel shows how the U.K. variant entered the population.