Published 19:50 IST, December 21st 2020
'COVID-19 renewed for another season?': New coronavirus strain triggers hilarious memes
As UK govt alerted WHO about a new strain of coronavirus, several internet users took to Twitter to express their concern over what they referred to as #COVID20
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As British government alerted WHO about a new strain of coronavirus, several internet users took to Twitter to express ir concern over what y referred to as #COVID20. With over 1,000 cases of variant discovered in UK, scientists are puzzled to determine if variant, named as VUI-202012/01, falls into which category or if it represents an increased health risk especially when some nations began ministering COVID-19 vaccines among people. Experts from both United States and UK indicated that new strain appeared to infect more easily than rest of mutations that coronavirus has shown through months.
While several countries have alrey banned flights from UK over fears about new coronavirus variant, netizens flooded social media with hilarious GIFs and memes. Several desi users also expressed concern over UK PM Boris Johnson’s upcoming India visit on Republic Day as chief guest of pare. y drew a parallel with ‘Namaste Trump’ event and urged PM Narendra Modi to postpone Johnson’s visit to India.
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Countries ban flights from UK
Meanwhile, several countries including India, France, Italy, Cana among ors have banned flights from Britain in wake of “out of control” situation. France has halted all travels from UK where new virus strain can be found across nation except rrn Ireland. Most recently, a traveller from UK led Italy to detect first case of COVID-19 variant. Germany has also banned travel from foreign nation and is slated to last until December 31.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on December 19 anunced strict "Tier 4" curbs in several counties as a measure to contain spre of new strain, which experts say, spres faster than all or previous variants. All n-essential services, including gyms, swimming pools, cinemas, hairdresser shops, and or retail outlets will remain closed in country. People living in Tier 4 areas are only allowed to leave home for work, childcare purposes, and exercise.
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19:52 IST, December 21st 2020