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Coronavirus: new variant found in Britain might be more deadly than original, says Boris Johnson
There is “some evidence” that the coronavirus variant that was first detected in Britain could be deadlier than the original, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.“In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant identified in London and the southeast may be associated with a higher degree of mortality,” he said at a press conference.Patrick Vallance, the British government’s chief scientific adviser, cautioned that the…