direct to your inboxThe new strain of coronavirus sweeping across London and the South East is up to 70pc more transmissible than other variants, Boris Johnson has warned.And the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said it was fast becoming the dominant strain of infection.“It’s also got variants in areas of the virus that are known to be associated with how the virus binds to cells and enters cells,” Sir Patrick told the Downing Street press conference on Saturday.“So there are some changes which cause concern in terms of how the virus looks.”Sir Patrick said current evidence showed the variant “has a significant, substantial increase in transmissibility”.In the middle of November, about 28% of the cases in London.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk