BREAKING—US CDC will require negative coronavirus test for all airline passengers from 🇬🇧 starting Dec 28th— test must be within 3 days of flight. Either PCR or rapid tests acceptable. Pax must submit results to airlines. #COVID19 washingtonpost.com/local/traffica…
2) “British officials have been alarmed at the swift spread of the new variant and are also concerned about an even faster-spreading mutation identified in South Africa. Researchers say there is no evidence either variant is more deadly, & optimistic existing vaccines will work.
3) “It is also possible the vaccines could quickly be updated if changes are needed, they said.
“Viruses constantly change through mutation, and preliminary analysis in the UK suggests that this new variant may be up to 70% more transmissible than previous,” the CDC said.
“Viruses constantly change through mutation, and preliminary analysis in the UK suggests that this new variant may be up to 70% more transmissible than previous,” the CDC said.
4) “Experts said the variants could already be working their way, undetected, through American communities, where coronavirus testing and the sequencing to track variants is less far-reaching than in many other countries.
5) Meanwhile is the US going to sequence more #SARSCoV2 patients with #COVID19 to see if the UK mutant strain is here yet or not?
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