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How do we track and measure new variants of coronavirus? – MSN UK

The UK’s gene sequencing labs are at the forefront of global efforts to trace and identify every single case

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The weekly stats uncoveredBehind the numbers: The UKs gene sequencing labs are at the forefront of global efforts to trace and identify every single case
All viruses change through random mutations. Through genomic sequencing we now know that the UK epidemic was seeded by more than 1,000 distinct variants from people returning from Italy, Spain and France in February and March 2020, explaining why we got off to such a bad start.
These tiny changes are mostly inconsequential. Sometimes the virus…

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