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Stewart Perrie
The coronavirus mutation first discovered in the UK has mutated again.
Scientists from Public Health England have revealed Covid-19 samples found in Kent have the same genome as the highly contagious South African and Brazilian variants.
The first British variant of the coronavirus, known as B.1.1.7, was already thought to be up to 70 per cent more transmissible than the original virus detected in China in late 2019.
Professor Semple, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said: The mutation of most concern, which we call E484K, has also occurred spontaneously in the new Kent strain in parts of the country too.