Covid variant first detected in India is found in the UK
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5GN1E)
Seventy-seven cases of B.1.617, which has potentially worrying mutations, reported in England and Scotland
A coronavirus variant with potentially worrying mutations that was first detected in India has been found in the UK.
In total, 77 cases of the variant, known as B.1.617, have been recorded in the UK up to 14 April, according to the latest update from Public Health England (PHE), released on Thursday. Of these, 73 were recorded in England and four in Scotland.
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