Looming questions over U.K. variant of coronavirus 10:45. A new strain of the coronavirus that's been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom may already be here in the United States, doctors are ...

When the strain first emerged in the U.K. at the end of 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that it appeared to spread more quickly than other COVID-19 variants but was not more severe or deadly.

Scientists in the U.K. say early evidence suggests the new strain—dubbed the "B.1.1.7 lineage" or "VUI–202012/01—is better at infecting people, but does not appear to be more deadly.

New coronavirus strain spreads in U.S. and U.K. 08:40 Three additional cases of the COVID-19 strain first found in the United Kingdom have been identified in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo ...