The new UK Covid variant: your questions answered
by Linda Geddes from Science | The Guardian on (#5CNQC)
You asked us about the fast-spreading coronavirus variant, here are the answers
How do scientists know the new UK variant is 70% more transmissible, and how certain are they of this figure?
Our gift to the world: the UK variant of Sars-CoV-2. There are sufficient data to quote 70% greater infectivity, but how was this figure ascertained?" D Moon, Brighton
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