{"id":71831,"date":"2020-12-23T16:13:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=71831"},"modified":"2020-12-23T16:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:13:58","slug":"who-says-no-need-for-major-alarm-over-new-covid-19-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/71831-who-says-no-need-for-major-alarm-over-new-covid-19-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO says no need for major alarm over new COVID-19 strain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-23_17-33-37-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-23_17-33-37-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-23_17-33-37-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-23_17-33-37-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-23_17-33-37-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-23_17-33-37.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a pandemic&#8217;s evolution.<br>WHO officials even put a positive light on the discovery of the new strains that prompted a slew of alarmed countries to impose travel restrictions on Britain and South Africa, saying new tools to track the virus were working.<br>&#8220;We have to find a balance. It&#8217;s very important to have transparency, it&#8217;s very important to tell the public the way it is, but it&#8217;s also important to get across that this is a normal part of virus evolution,&#8221; WHO emergencies chief Mike Ryan told an online briefing.<br>Citing data from Britain, WHO officials said they had no evidence that the variant made people sicker or was more deadly than existing strains of COVID-19, although it did seem to spread more easily.<br>Countries imposing travel curbs were acting out of an abundance of caution while they assess risks, Ryan said, adding: &#8220;That is prudent. 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