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The Mutant U.K. Virus Strain Is Probably Here Already

Home for the Holidays

The variant may or may not make the virus more contagious, and there’s no evidence that it will neuter vaccines. But travel bans are too little, too late, experts said.

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If you thought the holiday-fueled coronavirus surge couldn’t get any scarier, public-health experts said Monday they’re concerned that what may be a more transmissible mutation spreading in England is already on our shores.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled the trigger on the United Kingdom’s most stringent lockdown since March this...

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