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New coronavirus strain doesn't appear to be deadlier: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

The US President-elect Joe Biden's pick for Surgeon General has said there is no evidence to suggest that a new and more contagious coronavirus variant reported in the UK is any deadlier.

Indian-American doctor Vivek Murthy added, 'While it seems to be more transmissible, we do not have evidence that this is a more deadly virus to an individual who acquires it'.