Britain's government has imposed new restrictions across many regions, in an effort to restrict the spread of the new mutant coronavirus variant during Christmas festivities. And why should we worry about a variant that spreads more easily but does not seem to make anyone sicker? The new variant seems to infect more people than earlier versions of the coronavirus, even when the environments are the same. The new mutant virus may spread more easily, but in every other way it seems little different than its predecessors. Some new data indicate that people infected with the new variant spread the virus to more of their contacts.

Source: Indian Express January 01, 2021 07:52 UTC