direct to your inbox The new Brazilian strain of coronavirus is likely to already be in the UK, a leading epidemiologist has warned.
Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said he would find it “unusual” if the second of two new variants from Brazil was not already present, despite it not yet being detected.This is despite the Government imposing a travel ban from all affected countries.The first variant has a small number of mutations and eight genomically confirmed cases of this variant have been identified in the UK.The second, which has been detected in Manaus and in travellers arriving in Japan, has not officially been detected in the UK so far.Fears mount over the new.