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Over 50s to get second doses sooner over fear Indian variant may be 50% more transmissible

Indian variant latest The figures released on Thursday have risen from 520 cases recorded by PHE up to 5 May. Most of the cases have been detected in England, with 1,255 cases recored. There have also been 35 cases detected in Scotland, 12 in Northern Ireland and 11 in Wales, according to PHE. Broken down… Read More »

Researchers identify five new cases of ‘double mutant’ Covid variant in California

A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) inserts a Covid-19 test tube into a box at a drive-thru testing site at the Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco, California, Nov. 19, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stanford University researchers have identified five new cases of a “double mutant” Covid-19 strain… Read More »