In a bid to get infections under control, yesterday the Prime Minister cancelled Christmas for millions of people in the South East. He stressed that there was currently no evidence that the new strain causes higher mortality rates or affected vaccines and treatments. Below we have tried to answer your questions about the new strain of the coronavirus that has thrown a big spanner in the festive works. Prof Whitty said that the UK has informed the World Health Organisation that the new variant coronavirus can spread more rapidly. In October a study suggested that a coronavirus variant that originated in Spanish farmworkers spread rapidly throughout Europe and accounted for most UK cases.

Source: Daily Mirror December 20, 2020 08:56 UTC