Boris Johnson during a media briefing today Image: PA Boris Johnson during a media briefing today Image: PA UK PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson has claimed that the new UK variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 may be associated with a higher mortality rate.
The new variant of SARS-CoV-2 – known as B117 – emerged in the the south east of the country last September but began to transmit rapidly over Christmas. “We’ve been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant[...] may be associated with a higher degree of mortality,” he said.
“These data are currently uncertain and we don’t have a very good estimate of the precise nature or indeed whether it is an overall increase, but it looks like it is,” he said. He also said that there was growing evidence from multiple sources that vaccines against Covid-19 will work against the UK strain.
Unsubstantiated claims. It's easy to say something it's another thing to prove it. Given that virus mutate become generally less deadly I think this is just more scare tactics. this has gone on too long.
Dr Boris Johnson
More bollox
Who are we going to trust to be more reliable - the CMO or Boris? Clearly Boris would never lie.
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