Posted on 01/25/21
| News Source: i24
Virus czar says strain now behind half cases, may cause serious illness 30% more often; 40% of cases in kids
Health officials in Israel are becoming increasingly concerned that mutated COVID-19 strains that returning travelers are thought to have brought into the country are hampering efforts to contain the pandemic's outbreak, despite the country's vaccination drive.
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The country's coronavirus czar - Prof Nachman Ash - told Radio 103FM that over the past few days information from the UK, where the so-called British variant was first detected, has indicated that the strain causes serious symptoms at a 30-percent higher rate, reported The Times of Israel (TOI).
Ash said officials estimate some 40-50 percent of new daily cases are caused by the British variant. Read more at i24