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Covid-19: Kent virus variant 'on course to sweep world'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56019995?fbclid=IwAR2l019E_sZfzgtaN7EvOrISYBtBULxsPajAAaa_VABSwMkwOWGjQAnLoWAThe coronavirus variant first found in Kent could become the world's dominant strain, the head of the UK's genetic surveillance programme has predicted.
Prof Sharon Peacock told the BBC's Newscast podcast the new variant has "swept the country" and "it's going to sweep the world, in all probability".
