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Coronavirus D614G mutation found in 99.9% of cases at US hospital – Up News Info
A mutated strain of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes Covid-19 may be more infectious than the original version. A study of more than 5,000 Covid-19 patients…
A mutated strain of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes Covid-19 may be more infectious than the original version.
A study of more than 5,000 Covid-19 patients in Houston, Texas revealed 99.9 per cent of infections were caused by this altered version of the virus, called D614G.
The finding adds credence to the theory the mutation is more contagious than the original strain which emerged in Wuhan last year
Outside of the US city, D614G is also by far the most common strain around the world,…
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