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Mutation of the virus is scary. And so the World Health Organization (WHO) is in “close contact” with the British authorities regarding the new variant of the Covid-19 virus, which is spreading faster than the previous one. This was communicated by the WHO itself in a tweet. The WHO explained that the UK is sharing information from ongoing mutation studies and has promised to update member states and the public “as we learn about this variant and its implications.” . Following the discovery of a new variant of Covid in the United Kingdom, the Dutch government blocks flights as a precautionary measure: “On December 20, at 06:00 local time, the ban on flights carrying passengers from the United Kingdom will come into force. United Kingdom – you do read in a note -. This ban will remain in effect until January 1, 2021. ”Meanwhile, in the world, the number of officially registered Covid-19 infections worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 76 million, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University. Total deaths exceeded 1.68 million. The country most affected in absolute terms by the new coronavirus is still the United States, with 17.6 million cases and 315,000 deaths, followed by India and Brazil.
