Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailChildren could be more vulnerable to catching the new mutant coronavirus. Public Health England and the Government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats advisory group (NervTag) said the new variant has been spreading quicker among children than its predecessor. He said there are now growing “hotspots” of the variant, known as VUI- 202012/01, in Cumbria and South Wales. Children were known to be less susceptible to catching coronavirus but scientists now believe this may not be the case for the new variant. (Image: PA)She said: “We know this emerged as a virus was not as efficient at infecting children, as it was adults.

Source: Daily Mirror December 21, 2020 17:00 UTC