Health experts warn Covid outbreaks spurred by ‘variant soup’

Evidence from areas with high incidence of both variants suggests they aren’t as dangerous as their ancestor.Genomics expert Dr Eric Topol, who directs the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California, said outbreaks in France have not produced high rates of death nor hospitalisations.The UK is yet to see any significant fallout from the new variants, with cases currently falling.Over the last week, officials have detected 32,236 new cases, down 15,231 on the previous, with deaths down 24 percent (245) in the same period.