New Covid-19 strain up to nine times more infectious — scientists
Covid-19 has thrown another spiked curveball at the human population, this time in the form of a new strain that spreads far more quickly than the previous one.
According to a study published in life sciences journal Cell, it is no deadlier than the earlier strain, but spreads three to nine times faster...
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