UK strains causing increase in Qatar Covid-19 cases: Explained

Doha: Qatar, like more than 70 countries around the world and in the region, is now seeing many cases of the new variant from the UK. This new UK variant does not cause different symptoms in infected people, but it is much more highly transmissible and can therefore increase the rate of spread of the virus though the community, Ministry of Public Health said.

Due to this highly transmissible element, the UK variant has contributed to the recent significant increase in cases in Qatar. As we announced two weeks ago, despite the best efforts to prevent the introduction of new variants into the country. we, like many countries in the region and around the world, are now seeing many cases in Qatar of the new variant from the UK, Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chairman of the National Pandemic Preparedness Committee, had said at press conference recently.