WHO: England's new Covid-19 variant picked up in Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia [View all]
Source: CNN
The new Covid-19 variant, originating from south-east England, has been identified in Denmark, the Netherlands and as far as Australia, World Health Organization (WHO) Covid-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove said on Sunday.
"We understand that this variant has been identified also in Denmark, in the Netherlands and there was one case in Australia and it didn’t spread further there,” she told the BBC in a pre-recorded interview.
Asked whether it was her understanding that the new variant originated or evolved from southeastern England, she said: “It is, yes. From the information that [the UK] shared with us in either south-east England or in London, yes.”
She added that “the UK had picked [the existence of the new variant] up in September and seen that this had been circulating in south-east England since September.”
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Another genie out of the bottle?
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