<figure><img src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNCg5sEJHkpg/v4/-1x-1.jpg"><figcaption><div><p>Source: Bloomberg, 09:25</p></div><div></div></figcaption></figure><p>European countries have taken swift action to restrict access from U.K. travellers into the continent, fearing a new virus mutation that spreads more rapidly. Virologist Marc van Ranst tells Bloomberg&apos;s Maria Tadeo that the U.K. has a proven track record of sequencing virus mutations and that could explain why it identified the new variant first - making it only a matter of time for this mutation to be found in the rest of Europe.</p>

European countries have taken swift action to restrict access from U.K. travellers into the continent, fearing a new virus mutation that spreads more rapidly. Virologist Marc van Ranst tells Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo that the U.K. has a proven track record of sequencing virus mutations and that could explain why it identified the new variant first - making it only a matter of time for this mutation to be found in the rest of Europe. 

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