NEW STRAIN OF COVID-19: A REVIEW
Neha Sanjay Ahire*, Sagar Anil Daitkar and Kiran Rambhau Lagas
ABSTRACT
The rapid spread of an alternative variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for many people, strict restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England, Scotland and Wales, and other countries placing the United Kingdom on a travel ban. The government's advisers on new infections now say they need "high" confidence that it's more ready to transmit than other variants.COVID‐19 (the new strain of coronavirus) has been declared a global pandemic. Measures announced over recent weeks to tackle it have seen people's day‐to‐day life drastically altered. These changes are essential to beat coronavirus and protect health systems (UK Home Office, 2020). The emergence of the strain of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) that causes corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its impact on in the world have made imperative progress to develop an effective and safe vaccine. Despite several measures undertaken, the spread of this virus is ongoing. So far, more than 1,560,000 cases and 1000,000 deaths occurred in the world. Efforts have been made to develop vaccines against human coronavirus (CoV) infections such as MERS and SARS. However, currently, no approved vaccine exists for these coronavirus strains.
Keywords: United Kingdom, New strain, Mutation, Travel restrictions, Vaccination.
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