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New York Times: UK virus variant is probably deadlier, scientists say

Published Feb. 14, 2021. Updated Feb. 14 at 5:32 am

Police officers stand on duty at beneath a sign reading "Testing to Commence", at the entrance to the Port of Dover in Kent, south east England, on December 23, 2020, where COVID-19 testing is set to begin on drivers who have been queueing to leave the UK. - France and Britain reopened cross-Channel travel on Wednesday after a 48-hour ban to curb the spread of a new coronavirus variant but London has warned it could take days for thousands of trucks blocked around the port of Dover to get moving. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

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British government scientists are increasingly finding the coronavirus variant first detected in Britain to be linked to a higher risk of death than other versions of the virus, a devastating trend that highlights the serious risks and considerable uncertainties of this new phase of the pandemic.