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(10,877 posts) Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:52 AM Feb 2021

U.K. variant could 'sweep the world,' warns top British scientist

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/11/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

The highly contagious coronavirus variant first discovered in Britain could “sweep the world” and prolong efforts to tackle the pandemic, a senior British scientist warned Thursday, as governments moved to tighten restrictions and close borders to stop the spread of the new strains.

Sharon Peacock, who heads Britain’s national genomic surveillance program, told BBC News that the variant initially found in southeast England has “swept the country” and is “going to sweep the world, in all probability.”