Another New CCP Virus Variant Found From South Africa: UK Health Minister

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as CCP virus, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab that were isolated from a patient in the United States. NIAID-RML via Reuters

Another new variant of the CCP virus, or novel coronavirus, has been identified, the UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.

In a TV briefing, Hancock said that the new strain was detected in two patients, both of whom had traveled from South Africa over the past few weeks.