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COVID-19 mutations spark global concerns – ABC News
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — The World Health Organization’s emergency committee will meet two weeks early on Thursday to discuss the new coronavirusvariants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50 countries and sparked widespread alarm.
The newly identified variants, which appear to be significantly more infectious than the strain that emerged in China in 2019, come as spiking virus numbers force many nations to enforce new lockdowns.
The committee normally gathers every…
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