Mr Hancock said there was "nothing to suggest" it caused worse disease or that vaccines would no longer work.
I have no love for the UK government, but clickbait is not the word that comes to mind. Here's the quote:
“Over the last few days, thanks to our world-class genomic capability in the UK, we have identified a new variant of coronavirus which may be associated with the fastest spread of the virus in the south-east of England.
“Initial analysis suggests that this variant is growing faster than the existing variance [sic, should be 'variants'?]. We’ve currently identified over 1,000 cases with this variant, predominantly in the south of England, although cases have been identified in nearly 60 different local authority areas and numbers are increasing rapidly.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/new-strain-of-...
The main problem with the mass-Media is that they are so keen to a) publish a click-bait headline, and b) keep the word count to a minimum so as not to scare off their illiterate readers, that the actual truth of news gets lost or diluted... to the extent that the articles no longer form any function other than to generate clicks.
As a literate person with an higher than average reading comprehension, who do I talk to in the BBC to get news articles on their website that contain proper in-depth content and words beyond Key Stage 2? As a licence fee paying UK citizen, I'd really like to know.