WHO: UK virus variant raises alarm for healthcare

he of World Health Organization’s European region says a new variant of coronavirus that emerged in Britain doesn’t appear to increase severity of symptoms, but it does “raise alarm” for health care providers.

Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO’s regional director for Europe, pointed to “new challenges brought by mutating virus” and says region is facing a “tipping point in course of pandemic.”

He says 22 countries in region have detected new “of concern” variant.