Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA new coronavirus variant has been found in the UK after two people returned from the Caribbean. It has a mutation known as E484K, which is already present in both South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants. Liverpool - A.23.1 with E484K or VUI-202102/01This is the original strain of the Wuhan coronavirus with the addition of the E484K mutation. (Image: Press Association Images)It has similarities to the Kent strain, but with several additional mutations - such as the E484K mutation. Antigua - B.1.324.1 orVUI-202103/01PHE said today that the variant was designated a variant under investigation on March 4.

Source: Daily Mirror March 11, 2021 20:27 UTC