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What is new 'Delta Plus' Covid variant as experts monitoring strain in Scotland

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Experts and the government are keeping a close eye on a new variant that is a mutation of the Delta variant. In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has said the new strain is being monitored after a rise in infections, as she pleaded people to practice good personal hygiene.Meanwhile, Downing Street are downplaying the fears that this descendent of the Delta variant could be more infectious.It comes as latest figures show that the new "Delta Plus" variant makes up six percent of current infections.This comes at a time when the UK reported the highest daily jump in new cases since July with 49,156 new cases on Monday.The Delta Plus variant is very similar to the original Delta variant, which is the dominant strain of Covid in the UK as it has been

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