With 2020 coming to an end, our expectations of having a happy, social, and coronavirus-free 2021 were soaring. But that dream was shattered when a new strain of Covid-19 was found in the UK. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that this new strain is 70 percent more infectious than the OG virus, reports Business Today.
Taking to Twitter, UK PM also announced that Christmas won’t be celebrated in the country, as planned.
We are sacrificing our chance to see loved ones this Christmas, so we have a better chance of protecting their lives so we can see them at future Christmases. (3/3)
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 19, 2020
However, Indian-American physician Dr. Vivek Murthy said that the new strain doesn’t appear to be any deadlier.
“This news from the UK appears to be about a new strain of the virus that’s more transmissible, more contagious than the virus we’ve seen prior to this,” NDTV quoted him saying. He added, “While it seems to be more transmissible, we do not have evidence yet that this is a more deadly virus to an individual who acquires it.” Deadlier or not, the news of the new variant of coronavirus has saddened us all.
Expressing their disappointment, people took to Twitter and started sharing jokes and memes about the Coronavirus mutation. Take a look at some of them here:
#mutation
People in India be like :- we don't take corona serious
Corona 2.0 :- Now i will tell what hell i am 😂 pic.twitter.com/MscRO4dR7y— MICHAEL (@Michael70274) December 21, 2020
Plz be 2021 🎁 #mutation #UKlockdown pic.twitter.com/XQXGQhdr1j
— Aakash Tiwari (@iaakasht) December 21, 2020
#mutation #UKlockdown #COVID20
Children to dad :-. Where is my NEW YEAR SURPRISECorona2.0:- "BABY"; here is your surprise
Holidays for another year 😂😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/GjMN0rIS4C— MICHAEL (@Michael70274) December 21, 2020
People getting acsited for vaccination #mutation
Le corona 2.0 pic.twitter.com/A0gzfd7RgN— Damon (@Damon_59) December 21, 2020
A pictorial demonstration of SARS-CoV-2 #mutation #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/lLcuWe9RSn
— परदेसी बाबू (@Realpardesi) December 21, 2020
Pic1: Coronavirus Vaccines are available and safe.
Pic2: More lethal mutation of Coronavirus found in UK and Italy.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#UKlockdown #mutation pic.twitter.com/MaRbbgJwqz
— The Dark Man (@ConnectDarkman) December 21, 2020
#mutation hitting us like pic.twitter.com/dOrHFJANoD
— Eugen (@EugenLiberal) December 20, 2020
UK PM Boris Jhonson confirms #mutation of Coronavirus with higher spread rate…
Le year 2020 be like : pic.twitter.com/UVL0WNjlAO
— UmderTamker (@jhampakjhum) December 21, 2020
It's time to battle #Wessex#Mutation pic.twitter.com/KrQv2dAGTA
— Poet Gardener (@gardener_poet) December 20, 2020
There goes 2021 down the drain as well… #COVID20 #Mutation pic.twitter.com/l0Tezybxpy
— T 🍒 (@tq_abhx) December 20, 2020
When you thought it’s a climax , but in reality it just an interval 😣😅😉#mutation pic.twitter.com/8pIwxPQ9ds
— Atmanirbhar Engineer (@Bahut_Scope_Hai) December 21, 2020
#mutation Chapitre 2. Act I pic.twitter.com/1UjW1r3NY6
— 🎭 (@TonySab2021) December 21, 2020
Looking at the risk, several countries including India, France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Iran among others have reportedly closed their borders for British flights.
Well, we just hope the new year is happier and healthier than 2020.