New coronavirus strain detected around the globe, from Gibraltar to Australia
Scientists say variant may already be circulating in countries with less advanced detection methods than Britain
Medical staff attend a mass beneath a cross outside the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome
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Cases of the new coronavirus variant were detected around the world on Monday, from Italy and Gibraltar to Denmark and Australia.
Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine at the University of Liverpool and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the new strain’s rate of infection was much faster than previous variants.