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“At the end of December 2020, the COVID-19 disease was diagnosed in Vilnius. On January 12, 2021, the National Public Health Laboratory sent this case for sequencing studies to a laboratory in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 2021 On January 27, NVSPL received confirmation that the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain with the B.1.1.7 mutation was detected in the sample sent ”, Vytautas Beniušis, Head of the Press Service, informed on Monday to BNS SAM.
On December 19, UK officials confirmed that a new strain of coronavirus found in the country could spread more quickly. According to Boris Johnson, the country’s prime minister, the new strain of the virus could be 70 percent. more contagious.
This strain of the virus has been found to compete with other dominant strains and to become one of the most common in the English region. It is believed to have caused a sharp increase in the number of cases.
As a result, many countries in the European Union, including Lithuania, have temporarily banned the entry of passengers into the United Kingdom.
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