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Study: UK COVID Strain Is 45 Percent More Contagious
Study: UK COVID Strain Is 45 Percent More Contagious
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The British variant of COVID-19 is more contagious than the original virus, a recent study from Tel Aviv University shows.
In fact, it’s 45 percent more contagious.
Researchers analyzed data from some 300,000 PCR tests for COVID-19 at a designated lab established right after the first outbreak of coronavirus in Israel. Their results were published in
They discovered the spread of the British variant, B.1.1.7, was rapid. On December 24, 2020, only 5 percent of positive results were attributed to the British variant, but within six weeks, in January 2021, the variant accounted for 90% of COVID cases in Israel. Currently, the variant accounts for about 99.5 percent of such cases in the country.