'New variant' of coronavirus identified in UK, health secretary says

Chris Whitty: Easing lockdown too quickly will lead to a Covid surge, warns 'more people will die'
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Evening Standard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KSvGcfhm1M

Covid-19: Don't think pandemic is over, Whitty warns
By Nick Triggle
Health correspondent
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56334902

COVID: UK variant up to 100 percent more deadly, study finds
Research reveals the B.1.1.7 strain of the novel coronavirus is significantly more lethal than earlier variants.
Al Jazeera English
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/10/uk-covid-19-variant-30-100-more-deadly-study-finds


Coronavirus UK: Kent Covid variant 'is up to TWICE as deadly as older versions'
Research published in the British Medical Journal estimated that the risk of death to the general public was 64 per cent higher with the new strain but the risk ...
Daily Mail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9346311/Coronavirus-UK-Kent-Covid-variant-TWICE-deadly-older-versions.html

UK coronavirus variant is taking over amid warnings it is 'travelling around the world'
Connor Parker
Thu, 11 March 2021, 7:02 pm·4-min read
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-coronavirus-variant-is-taking-over-amid-warnings-it-is-travelling-around-the-world-190220742.html

Covid ‘nearly didn’t happen’ but spread across the world in ‘perfect storm’


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Covid-19 can cause oral symptoms such as taste loss, dry mouth and blistering because the virus can infect cells in the MOUTH, study finds
SARS-CoV-2 infects the oral cavity and saliva, say a team of scientists in the US
They found evidence that salivary glands in the mouth are infected with the virus
Ability to infect many parts of the body may explain Covid's range of symptoms
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9407477/Coronavirus-infects-cells-mouth-study-shows.html

Comment - This symptoms started early at the start of the Pandemic and now they are publishing the study.

Those discharged from hospital after Covid have increased risk of organ damage: Study
People discharged from hospital after Covid-19 appear to have increased rates of organ damage ("multiorgan dysfunction") compared with similar individuals in ...
Mint
https://www.livemint.com/science/health/those-discharged-from-hospital-after-covid-have-increased-risk-of-organ-damage-study-11617242790790.html