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A new Covid variant sweeping both the UK and the US has sparked an alert from health chiefs.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) bosses admit they don't know if the mutated strain is more infectious or deadlier.
Yet top scientists remain confident that the darkest days of the pandemic-era are consigned to history.
The new variant, nicknamed FLiRT, is now being monitored. It makes up around 30 per cent of new cases currently.
FLiRT also accounts for roughly a quarter of new cases in the US, surveillance data suggests....<<<Read More>>>...