The MHRA is working with the manufacturer to establish how effective it could be at helping patients who contract the strain.
Business minister George Freeman said that experts were constantly monitoring the data on the variant."We are looking at the data internationally and we're looking at the transmission data here in the UK, and we want to then understand how much this variant might change people's susceptibility to the disease", he told LBC.
In order to try and get ahead of the variant, face masks have again become mandatory on public transport and in shops.Mr Freeman added: "As the Prime Minister, Health Secretary and Transport Secretary have set out, we are concerned and that's why we've put in place some pretty important, reasonable measures to make sure that red list countries have to test before they come.
"Based on the clinical trial data, sotrovimab is most effective when taken during the early stages of infection and so the MHRA recommends its use as soon as possible and within five days of symptom onset."This in turn prevents the virus from attaching to and entering human cells - so that it cannot replicate in the body.
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