Investigation of novel SARS-CoV-2 variant – Variant of Concern 202012/01

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“Preliminary results from the cohort study found no statistically significant difference in hospitalisation and 28-day case fatality between cases with the variant (VOC-201212/01) and wild-type comparator cases. There was also no significant difference in the likelihood of reinfection between variant cases and the comparator group.”

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** This post was originally published on December 29, 2020 **