'We Have To Up Our Game': COVID Variant Found In Massachusetts

BOSTON — The more contagious UK variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Massachusetts. What makes it so much more contagious than the COVID we have been fighting for almost a year? We do.

“It may infect more cells in someone’s nose or in someone’s mouth, and because it’s infecting more cells, more virus is produced,” said Dr. Richard Ellison of UMass Memorial Medical Center.

People spread COVID-19, and with the variant, they can become very efficiently contagious.

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