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New COVID-19 virus strain likely evolved in UK
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Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 10:17 IST
The new strain has been named VUI-202012/01 (the first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020) and is defined by a set of 17 changes or mutations. The new strain of coronavirus likely evolved in the UK  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: The new strain of the Covid-19 virus which is said to be more infectious is likely to have evolved in the UK.
Nick Loman, Professor of Microbial Genomics and Bio information at the University of Birmingham, told a briefing by the Science Media Centre on December 15 that the variant was first spotted in late September and now accounts for 20 per cent of viruses sequenced in Norfolk, 10 per cent in Essex, and 3 per cent in Suffolk.