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British variant of Covid-19 not as severe as feared - The Lancet
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British variant of Covid-19 not as severe as feared - The Lancet

The strain, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in Britain late last year and has become the most common strain in the United States

File Photo: A member of the medical staff holds a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, near Paris, France, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Global health officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after South Africa study rings alarm

A public health information message is seen at a bus stop in West Ealing as the South African variant of the novel coronavirus is reported in parts of the United Kingdom amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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UK detects South African coronavirus variant in people with no travel links

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Fresh data show toll South African virus variant takes on vaccine efficacy

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo: UNB
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Govt extends quarantine time for UK returnees

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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Pfizer vaccine likely works against UK variant: Studies

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHO

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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US Ohio researchers discover two new Covid-19 variants

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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Israel records four South African Covid-19 variant cases

People must wear masks when they leave home for essential business, Palaszczuk said. Photo: Collected
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Australia's third largest city to enter three-day coronavirus lockdown