Johnson: The new Corona strain is spreading more than 70% faster

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scientists said that the new strain of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), which was discovered in the United Kingdom, is spreading faster than the original strain by up to 70 percent, but it is not believed to be more lethal and that vaccines remain effective .

Johnson and England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty said the British Public Health Authority had discovered the new strain and was now confirming that it spread more easily than the original strain of the virus.

Johnson added, "There is no evidence that it causes serious disease or an increase in the number of deaths, but it appears to spread much more easily."

He continued: "Although there is a great deal of uncertainty, but it may spread by about 70 percent more than the original strain of the virus. These are preliminary data and are subject to review, but this is the best we have at the moment and we must act based on that information as it is." We have it because it (the strain) is spreading very quickly. "

For his part, the British government's scientific advisor, Patrick Vallance, said that the Covid-19 vaccines seem appropriate in stimulating an immune response to the new strain of the virus.

And Valance continued, "As a result of the rapid spread of the new species, the initial data, and the rapidly increasing infection rates ... the new strain could spread more quickly."

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