New coronavirus strain discovered in Dumfries and Galloway

He said: "Dumfries and Galloway went from almost no cases to the highest in the country in three weeks - that is the nature of this virus."People should be cautious in Dumfries and Galloway, but they shouldn't be scared, the hospital both has its own capacity and we have mutual aid across the whole country."

There are currently 1,467 people in hospital – up 83 from yesterday. A further five people are intensive care, taking the current figure to 100.A further 78 people have died, taking the total to 4,779.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Renfrewshire Foodbank has announced it will not be accepting donations throughout January as part of the effort to halt the rapid spread of coronavirus.Senior manager Elizabeth Alexander said she is concerned for people's safety with a new strain of Covid-19 causing a major surge in infection rates.And although the charity has had stringent social distancing protocols in place at all its bases, staff have

On Monday, there were four confirmed cases in Southern California of the new, more contagious strain of SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes Covid-19. By Tuesday, officials announced that that number had jumped to at least 26.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday said the state has identified its first case of a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first discovered in the U.K. It was detected in a man in his 60s in Saratoga Springs, about 200 miles north of New York City.

direct to your inboxThe new variant of coronavirus has a much quicker rate of transmission than the original strain, research has confirmed.Prof Axel Gandy, from the statistic section of Imperial College London, told Radio 4 the higher rate of infection means that transmission of the disease would have tripled even during England's November lockdown.Researchers at Imperial College London have now confirmed the new strain increases the R number - the number of people that one infected person will

Health officials in Florida have confirmed the state's first case of a new coronavirus strain. The person infected was described as a Martin County man in his 20s with no history of travel, the state Department of Health said Thursday.

UK health secretary Matt Hancock announced yesterday that the Oxford-AstraZeneca had been approved for use in the UK.The first of 100 million doses – enough to vaccinate 50 million people – are due to be administered on Monday.

Scientists in Los Angeles are trying to figure out if the fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus fueling a huge surge in cases in the United Kingdom is behind a similar rise in California. The mutation is up to 70 percent more contagious, but it doesn’t appear to be any more deadly.

Edinburgh University has warned over fears the new coronavirus strain is transmitted more easily among children. Professor Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health at the university's medical school, appeared on Good Morning Britain as she said the new variant is showing worrying signs.She said the government should delay reopening schools in the UK until the full impact of the variant has been assessed properly.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAnyone who has travelled to the UK from South Africa in the last two weeks must quarantine immediately, the UK government has announced.Close contacts of travellers from the country must also self-isolate.It follows the discovery of a "highly concerning" new strain of coronavirus in the UK.Two cases of the more infectious strain have been uncovered that are linked to travellers from South

Goods and passengers from Britain began arriving on French shores Wednesday following a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated the U.K. and raised fears of food shortages.

direct to your inbox Royal Mail has announced it has suspended deliveries to mainland Europe amid transport restrictions due to the mutant coronavirus strain.

direct to your inboxMinisters are considering keeping schools closed in January amid fears a new coronavirus strain could infect children more easily, the Daily Telegraph reports.It comes as experts said a 'significantly higher' percentage of children have tested positive in recent weeks since the new variant emerged.Prof Neil Ferguson is a scientist on the Government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats advisory group (NervTag).He said there was a 'hint' in the data that the mutation

coronavirus being detected. It comes as the whole of the UK faces tighter restrictions over the festive period and in the weeks that follow.