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Second COVID Mutation Found in UK, From South Africa, Even More Transmissible Than First Newsweek 12/23/2020 Matthew Impelli © WPA Pool/Getty Britain s Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, speaks at a press conference inside 10 Downing Street on further restrictions to be put in place due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on December 23, 2020 in London, England. A second COVID-19 mutation was discovered in the United Kingdom is even more transmissible than the first, according to U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The new mutation of the novel coronavirus was first announced during a press conference on Wednesday. While Hancock noted that the new strain was detected in the U.K. he stated that it originated in South Africa.

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