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New coronavirus variants detected in sewage before showing up in tests

New coronavirus variants detected in sewage before showing up in tests

27 January 2021

Potentially dangerous new coronavirus variants can be detected more easily by monitoring sewage systems for virus shed in faeces than by testing people directly
Nurses work on patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in St George's Hospital

UK coronavirus variant deadlier but researchers say no need to panic

26 January 2021

It appears the UK's B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant is slightly more deadly and more transmissible than other variants, but improved treatments may limit the risk of death if you are infected

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