China reports its first case of UK COVID variant: Woman, 23, arrives in Shanghai from Britain


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by Read Sector China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health officials said. The first patient in China with the new COVID variant is a 23-year-old woman who flew into Shanghai from Britain on December 14, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control said in a research note published on Wednesday. The case ‘poses a great potential threat’ to China’s efforts to prevent and control the spread of the virus, the authority claimed. China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health...