Title: Study: British COVID-19 Variant Causes More Deaths

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4960/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: British COVID-19 Variant Causes More Deaths' data-article-id='5484'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15354'>Researchers say that a highly infectious variant of the new coronavirus is 30 percent to 100 percent more deadly than earlier strong variants.</span> <span data-start-time='15354' data-end-time='25083'>The variant was first found in Britain late last year and has since spread around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='25083' data-end-time='38438'>The new study compared death rates among people in Britain infected with the new variant to those infected with other versions of the virus.</span> <span data-start-time='38438' data-end-time='46104'>Scientists said that the new variant’s death rate was “significantly higher.”</span> <span data-start-time='46104' data-end-time='51479'>The variant is known as B.1.1.7.</span> <span data-start-time='51479' data-end-time='59979'>The B.1.1.7 was first found in Britain in September 2020.</span> <span data-start-time='59979' data-end-time='66854'>It has since been found in more than 100 other countries.</span> <span data-start-time='66854' data-end-time='78208'>It has 23 mutations in its genetic material and some of those changes make it spread more easily.</span> <span data-start-time='78208' data-end-time='89125'>Scientists say it is about 40 to 70 percent more infectious than earlier strong variants.</span> </p></div><div 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class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4960/where_has_the_british_covid19_variant_spread.wav'>Where has the British COVID-19 variant spread?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='around the world'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4960/across_europe.wav'><span>across Europe</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4960/throughout_canada.wav'><span>throughout Canada</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4960/around_the_world.wav'><span>around the world</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4960/it_has_not_spread.wav'><span>it has not spread</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17024 data-hint-location='15354' 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Researchers say that a highly infectious variant of the new coronavirus is 30 percent to 100 percent more deadly than earlier strong variants. The variant was first found in Britain late last year and has since spread around the world. The new study compared death rates among people in Britain infected with the new variant to those infected with other versions of the virus. Scientists said that the new variant’s death rate was “significantly higher.” The variant is known as B.1.1.7. The B.1.1.7 was first found in Britain in September 2020. It has since been found in more than 100 other countries. It has 23 mutations in its genetic material and some of those changes make it spread more easily. Scientists say it is about 40 to 70 percent more infectious than earlier strong variants.

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