New COVID variant reaches Germany from UK
25 December 2020 |
7:00 am
A woman who flew from London to Frankfurt this weekend was carrying the new, more infectious coronavirus variant, German officials have said. Meanwhile, Denmark identified 33 people infected with the mutated virus.
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