claim: fast-spreading u.k. virus variant raises alarms.
evidence_1: we found that this lineage seems to be spreading much faster, says tulio de oliveira, a virologist at the university of kwazulu-natal whose work alerted u.k. scientists to the mutation.", "variant continues to spread around the world as coronavirus pandemic enters 2021 more than 30 countries have reported cases of the highly transmissible u.k.", "and when scientists compared how fast this variant, named b.1.1.7, and others were spreading, they made a startling discovery: the virus seemed to have become more adept at transmitting between people."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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