New findings may shed light on why the UK variant of COVID-19 is more infectious
March 26, 2021 17:33 ISTThe B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 was discovered in Kent, UK in December 2020, and has since spread across the globe, contributing to the increase in cases being seen in Europe and Britain's own second wave of the pandemic earlier in the year, Shefield University said in a press release on Friday.