UK COVID-19 Variant Could Be More Deadly: Study

UK COVID-19 Variant Could Be More Deadly: Study
Nurses wearing personal protective equipment attend to patients in a COVID-19 intensive care unit at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

Scientific advisers to the British government believe the COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom could be deadlier than previous variants.

The variant, known as B.1.1.7, “is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and death compared to infection” with the original strain of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, scientists said in the study, released on Feb. 12 (pdf).
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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