The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much higher perhaps 10 times higher in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention given testing limitations and the many mild cases that have gone unreported or unrecognized.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness like pneumonia, or death.
Florida becomes 3rd state to identify new COVID variant
The Florida Department of Health is reporting the first identified case of a new COVID-19 variant initially found in the UK.
updated: Dec 31 2020, 11:52 ist
Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving through England and now popping up in the US and other countries.
Scientists say there is reason for concern and more to learn but that the new variants should not cause alarm.
Worry has been growing since before Christmas, when Britain s prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than earlier ones and was moving rapidly through England. On Tuesday, Colorado health officials said they had found it there.
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Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving through England and now popping up in the US and other countries.
Scientists say there is reason for concern and more to learn but that the new variants should not cause alarm.
Worry has been growing since before Christmas, when Britain s Prime Minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than earlier ones and was moving rapidly through England. On Tuesday, Colorado health officials said they had found it there.
All you need to know about new coronavirus variant
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December 31, 2020
Washington, Dec 31: Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving through England and now popping up in the US and other countries.
Scientists say there is reason for concern and more to learn but that the new variants should not cause alarm.
Worry has been growing since before Christmas, when Britain s prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than earlier ones and was moving rapidly through England. On Tuesday, Colorado health officials said they had found it there.
EXPLAINER: Scientists trying to understand new coronavirus variant
People wearing masks to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk along a busy street, in Ankara, Turkey,
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Scientists say there is reason for concern and more to learn but that the new variants should not cause alarm
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Washington: Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving through England and now popping up in the US and other countries.