New Virus Variant in England up to 70 Percent More Transmissible: Boris Johnson

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 (Chinese Communist Party) virus observed in England recently is becoming “dominant” in terms of transmission, Patrick Vallance, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the variant could be 70 percent more transmissible.