According to Johns Hopkins University, the global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 1.715 million; over 77.9 million cases of the coronavirus infection have been detected.
At least 40 countries have banned travel to and from the United Kingdom in recent days following the discovery of a new, potentially more transmissible strain of the coronavirus concentrated in capital city London and Englandβs southeast.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said a week ago that a new coronavirus strain, later identified as VUI-202012/01, had been detected in roughly 1,000 individuals in southeast England.
