Covid-19 strain that is believed to have first festered in the UK. The patient flew from Britain to Rome, according to reports, with his partner who has not tested positive.Both are now isolating, the Italian health ministry said.It is feared that the new variant is up to 70% more infectious and equally as deadly, as Matt Hancock previously declared: “It’s out of control”.On Saturday Prime MinisterBoris Johnson locked down swathes of the south east including London after admitting that more than half of Covid-19 cases had been caused by the new variant.Europe is now scrambling to protect itself from being infected by the mutation, with a crisis meeting being held on Monday to coordinate travel restrictions.France, Germany and the.
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