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‘Dominant’ version of coronavirus causing Europe’s outbreak

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The version of the coronavirus now gripping the UK and Europe is more infectious  than the one that triggered the pandemic in China, according to scientists. Researchers in the US and Britain studied the viruses taken from patient samples and found that the West seems to have been hit by a mutated version of the … Read more

Mutant strain of coronavirus that may make it more infectious now ‘dominant’

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Scientists have discovered a coronavirus mutation that is of ‘urgent concern’ because it makes the virus more contagious and has already become dominant in the places it’s reached – including part of the US.  Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico say that the mutant strain started spreading in early February in Europe.  … Read more