UK variant may sweep world: scientist

By Guy Faulconbridge
Updated February 12 2021 - 6:34am, first published 6:32am
The director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium says mutations could undermine vacinations.
The director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium says mutations could undermine vacinations.

The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it is mutating and so could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK's genetic surveillance program says.

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