According to a German media report on the 28th, experts found that a deceased elderly man in Germany had been infected with the mutant novel coronavirus first found in the United Kingdom about November.
The public health department of Lower Saxony, Germany, said that the man suffered from a basic disease and after his death, experts found a mutant novel coronavirus in his sample. The man’s daughter went to the UK in mid-November and was infected with the mutant virus in the UK.
The United Kingdom reported to the World Health Organization on December 14 that the mutant novel coronavirus was found, saying that the mutant virus seems to spread faster, but there is no evidence that it may cause higher mortality or affect the effectiveness of the vaccine.