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28.03.2021 / 14:35

UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID

LONDON – On March 4, 2020, when there were just 84 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.K., professor Sharon Peacock recognized that the country needed to expand its capacity to analyze the genetic makeup of the virus.

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UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of Covid-19

LONDON : LONDON (AP) — On March 4, 2020, when there were just 84 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.K., professor Sharon Peacock recognized that the country needed to expand its capacity to analyze the genetic makeup of the virus.The Cambridge University microbiologist understood that genomic sequencing would be crucial in tracking the disease, controlling outbreaks and developing vaccines. So she began working with colleagues around the country to put together a plan.

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Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with coronavirus: Peacock

CAMBRIDGE : Regular booster vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be needed because of mutations that make it more transmissible and better able to evade human immunity, the head of Britain's effort to sequence the virus's genomes told Reuters.The novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two weeks, slower than influenza or HIV, but enough to require tweaks to vaccines.Sharon Peacock, who heads COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) which has sequenced half of all the novel coronavirus genomes so far mapped globally, said international cooperation was needed in the "cat and mouse" battle with the virus"We have to appreciate that we were always going to

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Regular booster vaccines may be needed against coronavirus mutations: UK expert

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New Covid strains ‘very unlikely’ to stop return to normality this summer, expert says

A top scientist has said mutant strains of coronavirus are "very unlikely" to stop the UK having a normal summer.

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UK 'well-equipped' to stay ahead of Covid variants, says top scientist

A top scientist says the UK is "well-equipped" to stay ahead of Covid variants amid hopes for a better summer.

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Britain's covid variant a concern, 'likely to sweep the world', says scientist

coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK's genetic surveillance programme said.She also said the variant was dominant in the country and was likely "to sweep the world, in all probability".The coronavirus has killed 2.35 million people and turned normal life upside down for billions, but a few new worrying variants out of thousands have raised fears that vaccines will need to be tweaked and people may require booster shots.Sharon Peacock, director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium, said vaccines were so far effective against the variants in the United Kingdom, but that mutations could potentially

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Variant from U.K. could ‘threaten vaccination’ and ‘sweep the world’: expert

coronavirus variant first found in the U.K. is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the U.K.’s genetic surveillance program said.She also said the variant was dominant in the country and was likely “to sweep the world, in all probability.”The coronavirus has killed 2.35 million people and turned normal life upside down for billions, but a few new worrying variants out of thousands have raised fears that vaccines will need to be tweaked and people may require booster shots.

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Mutant Covid-19 variant from Kent 'will become dominant and sweep world' says expert

strain was first found in Kent before it "swept the country," and now it is likely to take over the world "in all probability," says Professor Sharon Peacock.Prof Peacock's comments were made while speaking on the BBC's Newscast podcast.It comes as the Kent variant has been detected in more than 50 countries since being reported in September 2020.The mutant strain was first reported in south-east England and was known to be faster-spreading than the original variant.Since its emergence, the UK has been placed into a third lockdown in a bid to prevent the rapid spread of coronavirus.Prof Peacock, director of the Covid-19 Genomics UK consortium, said: "What's really affected us at the moment is transmissibility."She added: "Once we get on

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How British scientists tracked down the new covid-19 variant

Inside the farmer disquiet at Delhi’s doorstepOn Dec. 8, the group, known as the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium, found a new variant of the virus, with 23 mutations, in a sample taken from a patient in Kent, near the center of the outbreak in late September.

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25.03.2020 / 23:11

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'Global bottleneck' in coronavirus testing despite 3.5 million new tests in UK

In the government's daily press briefing on Wednesday, the UK's chief medical officer warned of a 'global bottleneck' in coronavirus testing.

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Coronavirus 'game changer' as home test kits will show if you have already had virus

The public will be able to conduct "game-changer" coronavirus antibody tests at home within a matter of days, MPs has been told.

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25.03.2020 / 18:23

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Coronavirus home tests could be available ‘in a matter of days’

People will soon be able to find out whether or not they have coronavirus with the launch of new antibody tests which can be done at home.

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