Experts yesterday said the new virus variant was more transmissible because those who contracted it produced more of the infection in their nose and mouth.
This means they will breathe more into the air, according to Professor Robert Dingwall, of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group [NERVTAG}.
Prof Dingwall said: You are producing more of the infection in the upper respiratory tract and the virus is reproducing faster so there is more to go into the air. It also has properties that make it easier to take over cells.
Virologist Professor Lawrence Young claimed the new variant is spreading so fast because it is stickier and binds more easily to receptor cells.
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