A new strain of the coronavirus has been detected in the UK, with it believed to be responsible for a large amount of cases in the south of the country.

Do we need to be worried? 

Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin joined Pat to tell us.

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