Streets in downtown Glasgow were deserted on 5 January after the United Kingdom imposed a strict lockdown to curtail the spread of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant.
By Kai KupferschmidtScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.For COVID-19 researchers, the new year brings a strong sense of déjà vu.
As in early 2020, the world is anxiously watching a virus spread in one country and trying to parse the risk for everyone else.