In some countries, B117, first detected only last September, has become the dominant variant.
All this points to COVID-19 becoming more infectious and therefore more deadly. Latest reports attest that the British mutation has itself mutated to resemble the South Africa variant. The two variants acknowledged to be more infectious than the British mutation originated in Brazil and South Africa. On Friday, a million people in Liverpool, Preston and Lancashire in the North West of England were advised to get a Covid test, including for a far wider range of symptoms than the original strain, with more than 100 cases of a new mutated strain (E484K) of the virus detected in the region. Lockdowns are being ended in the knowledge that not only are new and more deadly variants of the virus developing, including the UK’s B117, but they continue to infect, and at a higher rate. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has announced a “roadmap” out of its current limited lockdown, beginning February 22-with around 20,000 new infections announced daily and an average of over 1,000 deaths. The mass loss of life continues amid escalating moves to end lockdown and restrictions by governments.
These deaths are measured by governments based on various criteria but are around 20 percent lower than the real figure, according to a study of excess deaths by Nature magazine, meaning that Europe may be closer to a million deaths.Īround 5,000 people a day are dying in Europe and the pandemic is undergoing a dramatic resurgence in parts of the continent. Portugal continues to top the global charts with the worst 7-day rolling average of new daily COVID-19 infections and fatalities per 100,000 residents, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Workers move a coffin in the warehouse of a funeral agency in Amadora, outside Lisbon, Monday, Feb.
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