coronavirus variant, which is starting to spread in England.The new mutation is more easily infectious, and can slip more easily past the body’s immune defences.Now more than 100 cases of Covid E484K have been reported across Liverpool, Preston and Lancashire.
It has also been spotted elsewhere in the country, including Bristol.It’s now crucial to stop the spread of the mutant strain to avoid it wreaking further havoc.Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing at Lancashire County Council, has urged: “If you live in Preston or West Lancashire and you’re feeling under the weather, please get a Covid test.”According to the NHS, you should get a coronavirus test if you have any of these three symptoms – a new, continuous.