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UK coronavirus mutation/UK virus variant 英國變種病毒
Mutation 突變
Variant 變種
More contagious 傳染性更強
Fast-spreading 快速傳播
Why is this variant causing concern?
這個變異病毒為什麼引起擔憂?
Three things are coming together that mean it is attracting attention:
1. It is rapidly replacing other versions of the virus
2. It has mutations that affect part of the virus likely to be important
3. Some of those mutations have already been shown in the lab to increase the ability of the virus to infect cells
All of these come together to build a case for a virus that can spread more easily.
三個因素結合在一起因此引起民眾的關注
1.它正在迅速取代不同病毒株的病毒
2.它具有可能影響部分病毒株的重要突變
3.有些突變在實驗室裡已經證實,會增加感染細胞的病毒的能力
所有因素結合在一起,構成了一種更容易傳播的病毒