Study: UK COVID Strain Is 45 Percent More Contagious
Study: UK COVID Strain Is 45 Percent More Contagious
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The British variant of COVID-19 is more contagious than the original virus, a recent study from Tel Aviv University shows.
In fact, it’s 45 percent more contagious.
Researchers analyzed data from some 300,000 PCR tests for COVID-19 at a designated lab established right after the first outbreak of coronavirus in Israel. Their results were published in
They discovered the spread of the British variant, B.1.1.7, was rapid. On December 24, 2020, only 5 percent of positive results were attributed to the British variant, but within six weeks, in January 2021, the variant accounted for 90% of COVID cases in Israel. Currently, the variant accounts for about 99.5 percent of such cases in the country.
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Study: UK Covid variant 45% more contagious than original
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The British variant of Covid-19 is 45 percent more contagious than the original virus, a recent study from Tel Aviv University shows.
The researchers analyzed data from some 300,000 PCR tests for Covid-19 at a designated lab established right after the first outbreak of coronavirus in Israel. Their results were published in
They discovered that the spread of the British variant, B.1.1.7, was very rapid: on December 24, 2020, only 5% of positive results were attributed to the British variant, but within six weeks, in January 2021, the variant accounted for 90% of Covid cases in Israel. Currently, the variant accounts for about 99.5% of Covid cases in the country.
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Tel Aviv University researchers find that the British COVID-19 variant is 45% more contagious than the original coronavirus strain.
The study is based on data from some 300,000 PCR tests conducted and processed at the university campus.
The study was conducted by Prof. Ariel Munitz and Prof. Motti Gerlitz of TAU’s Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Department, together with Dr. Dan Yamin and PhD student Matan Yehezkeli of the university’s infectious disease lab. It has been published in Cell Reports Magazine. Greetings from the Vaccination Nation
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