New CCP Virus Strain Spreads Faster, UK Medical Chief Confirms

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

The new variant of the CCP virus observed in England recently does spread faster, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty confirmed on Saturday.

He said that “urgent work is underway” to make sure it doesn’t affect the mortality rate.