“Having studied the previously obtained data, we assume that this variant (of the coronavirus -
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) arose in September, it was very rare to get sick with it until mid-November.
The increase in the number of cases of morbidity precisely because of the new variant was first revealed at the end of November, "TASS reports.
Scientists stressed that they have not yet found evidence that would indicate a greater lethality of the resulting mutation of the coronavirus in comparison with the original version.
The department also indicated that the vast majority of cases of the new strain of coronavirus were registered in London, as well as in the south-east of England.
On December 14, the head of the UK Ministry of Health Matt Hancock announced the discovery in the country of a new type of coronavirus infection COVID-19.