New coronavirus variant found in UK is not out of control yet: WHO

Pfizer and Moderna testing their vaccines against the new version of virus

The new coronavirus variant found in UK is not out of control yet, said the World Health Organization. "We have had a much higher (contamination rate) at different points in this pandemic and we've got it under control," WHO's emergencies chief Michael Ryan told a press conference.
 
"So this situation is not in that sense out of control. But it cannot be left to its own devices."
 
The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a meeting of members to discuss strategies to counter a new, more infectious coronavirus strain that emerged in Britain, its European chief said on