The B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus first identified in the U.K. last year does not cause more severe disease among hospitalized patients despite being able to spread more easily according to a new study which comes just a week after the CDC announced that the fast-spreading strain has now become the dominant one in the U.S.

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U.K. Variant Of Coronavirus Doesn’t Cause More Severe Covid 19 Cases, Study Finds | Forbes