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New coronavirus strain could more easily infect children say experts

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direct to your inboxMinisters are considering keeping schools closed in January amid fears a new coronavirus strain could infect children more easily, the Daily Telegraph reports.It comes as experts said a 'significantly higher' percentage of children have tested positive in recent weeks since the new variant emerged.Prof Neil Ferguson is a scientist on the Government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats advisory group (NervTag).He said there was a 'hint' in the data that the mutation had a 'higher propensity' to infect young people.Speaking at a Science Media Centre press briefing, he said: "There is a hint that it has a higher propensity to infect children that may perhaps explain some of the differences, but we haven’t.

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