Kingdom, sending experts scuttling for new detailed analysis. And a revelation that could raise the eyebrows further, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, said that the new strain of Covid-19 may already be present in many countries. She informed that a conclusion about the new strain cannot be assumed in such an early stage. She added that the United Kingdom is doing a lot of whole genome sequencing and is thus able to track it very closely in real-time. She suspects that as more countries look at their data, they might find the presence of this variant.

Experts believe this new virus at least 70 percent more infectious than the other strains of the virus. Most of the new positive cases that have surfaced in the United Kingdom, especially in London, have been because of the new strain. Since the coronavirus was detected in China, it has seen alterations in its structure, but the UK variant has seen an abnormally large number of mutations. Moreover, this is the only variant that has seen infections growing at a rapid rate.

It is believed that this new, more contagious virus is fast replacing other versions, which would enable the virus to multiply.

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