Scientists and South African health authorities confirmed this Thursday the detection of a new variant of the coronavirus, identified as B.1.1.529, which has multiple mutations and that has aroused “concern” among specialists, although its impact has yet to be studied.
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The new variant presents “a very unusual constellation of mutations,” but its “meaning is still uncertain,” explained Professor Tulio de Oliveira, from the KwaZulu-Natal Research and Sequencing Innovation Platform (KRISP, an eastern scientific institution). from South Africa)
In total, so far, cases of this variant have been confirmed in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong.
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