More Contagious Mutation Causes Half of New Dutch COVID-19 Cas | COVID-19 Up
More Contagious Mutation Causes Half of New Dutch COVID-19 Cases
@COVID19Up: The coronavirus mutation first detected in Britain caused half of all new infections in the Netherlands by Jan. 26, Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Monday.
Last week, health authorities said the new, more contagious variant was responsible for around a third of all new infections in the Netherlands.
The ‘British mutation’ was seen to be almost 50% more contagious than the older variant, based on calculations up until Jan. 14, De Jonge wrote in a letter to parliament. SOURCE
