detected another local variant of the coronavirus

The new variant was found in Yorkshire and the Humber, and Fell noted that “there is no evidence that he is more transmissible than others detected in the UK and around the world, or that vaccines do not work against him“.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported this week that the coronavirus vaccine formulas that are being applied these days in most countries are effective against the different strains of SARS CoV 2.

For his part, the UK official said that to date there have been 49 cases of the new variant, mostly in Yorkshire and the Humber, and that the health measures applied so far are sufficient to reduce the possibility contagion.

“Follow the instructions, wash your hands regularly and wear masks indoors,” Fell insisted, quoted by the Sputnik news agency.

To date, the UK has racked up 4.46 million cases and 128,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, but authorities fear a third wave of massive infections from the action of strains like India, which has already been detected in the country. , or Kent, in the south of England, who was primarily responsible for the last diagnoses.