Japan confirms new virus COVID-19 strain; different from UK, South Africa variants
Brazil s Health Ministry said it has been notified by Japan s authorities that the new variant has 12 mutations, and one of them has already been identified in the variants found in the UK and South Africa
Reuters | January 11, 2021 | Updated 09:27 IST
A new coronavirus variant has been detected in four travellers from Brazil s Amazonas state, Japan s Health Ministry said on Sunday, the latest new mutation of the virus discovered.
A ministry official said studies were underway into the efficacy of vaccines against the new variant, which differs from highly infectious variants first found in Britain and South Africa that have driven a surge in cases.
The UK is set to announce its Covid-19 vaccine delivery plan
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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on January 6. Wiktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Getty Images
The UK government will publish its Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan on Monday, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock scheduled to hold a news conference at Downing Street in the afternoon to provide details on the program.
“Since the historic day the first vaccine was approved, the NHS (National Health Service) has made fantastic strides in offering the vaccine to as many at risk people as possible and at record pace,” Hancock said.
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COVID-19: All you need to know about the new coronavirus strain discovered in Japan
A Japanese Healhj Ministry official said studies were on to find out the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines against the new variant. (Image Source: File Photo)
Updated: Jan 11, 2021, 07:40 PM IST
Japan s Health Ministry has said that a new mutant variant of COVID-19 has been detected in four travellers from Brazil.
A ministry official said studies were on to find out the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines against the new variant. It is learnt that this variant is different from highly infectious variants found in Britain and South Africa few days ago.