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The new Pressure coronavirus, reported as VOC-202012/01, has already been found in eight European countriessaid WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge. “Eight countries in the WHO European region have already identified the new COVID19 VOC-202012/01 variant,” Kluge wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.
“The option is also more widespread between younger age groups, unlike previous strains. Surveillance is important while investigations are being conducted to determine its impact. “
The official called for the strengthening of existing protection measures, such as social distancing and the use of masks.
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The woman and her three contacts are isolated.
On December 14, British Health Minister Matt Hancock said that British scientists had identified a new strain of coronavirus that could be responsible for the high rate of illness in south-east England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at an emergency press conference on December 19 that the new strain may be 70% more contagious.
He added that British experts still I have not found evidence yetthat the mutated virus has a higher risk of death.
This occurred in the context of strict restrictions on the movement of people during holidays in the country.
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Several countries have stopped flights to and from the UK and borders have been closed. This caused chaos, discontent and clashes.
More than 655,000 new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in around the world during the last day.
The total number of infected is already 78.19 million, said the World Health Organization (СЗО) in your daily newsletter on Friday.
According to WHO updates Coronavirus-related deaths increased by more than 11,500 and exceed 1.73 million.
South and North America still represent more than 49% of new COVID-19 cases presented to WHO in the last 24 hoursat (323 507).
WHO reported 655,000 new COVID cases worldwide
Another 11,500 died on Friday
Europe ranks second (245,610 cases), followed by Southeast Asia (33,084).
The majority of COVID-19 cases were recorded in the United States (18,311,405), followed by India (10,146,845), Brazil (7,365,517), Russia (2,992,706), France (2,484,875), and the United Kingdom. 2,188,591), Italy (2,009,317), Spain (1,854,951), Germany (1,612,648), Argentina (1,563,865), Colombia (1,544,826) and Mexico (1,350,079).
We remind you that pmore than 4.6 million new cases recently confirmed of coronavirus worldwide in the last week. This it was a weekly record since the start of the pandemicannounced by the World Health Organization (СЗО).
The data come from the official statistics of the countries.
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