The new Covid variant in the UK can be “more deadly,” says the prime minister

The new variant of Covid-19, which originated in the south of England before Christmas, has been shown to be more deadly, the prime minister said today. (Subscribe:

A day passed that made sure we weren’t sure. In a previous press conference, Boris Johnson said that Covid is now nearly 80 percent larger than the first peak in April at Covid Patient Hospital. The latest 24-hour figures show that another 1,401 people have been killed, with the official UK number at 95,981. There have been 40,261 new cases, but there is better news about vaccines – another 409,855 people received their first dose yesterday. So now almost 5.4 million people have received the first blow. ———————– Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/Channel4News .

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