" Tier 4 'may not be enough to contain Covid mutations'
As well as suggesting that the new variant is 71 per cent more transmissible than the previous strain, the analysis suggests that the infectiousness could push up the R by as much as 0.93.
Overall, scientists from the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) concluded that the new variant could mean “an absolute increase in the R-value of between 0.39 to 0.93”.
But they warned that any estimates of the frequency of the variant – VUI-202012/01 – “may be underestimates” as the strain is difficult to sequence.
The paper warned: “It was noted that VUI-202012/01 has demonstrated exponential growth during a period when national lockdown measures were in place.” "
Tier 4 'may not be enough to contain Covid mutations'
It won't be a national lockdown, just Tier 5 everywhere.
As well as suggesting that the new variant is 71 per cent more transmissible than the previous strain, the analysis suggests that the infectiousness could push up the R by as much as 0.93.
Overall, scientists from the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) concluded that the new variant could mean “an absolute increase in the R-value of between 0.39 to 0.93”.
But they warned that any estimates of the frequency of the variant – VUI-202012/01 – “may be underestimates” as the strain is difficult to sequence.
The paper warned: “It was noted that VUI-202012/01 has demonstrated exponential growth during a period when national lockdown measures were in place.” "
Tier 4 'may not be enough to contain Covid mutations'
It won't be a national lockdown, just Tier 5 everywhere.
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