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Coronavirus digest: Japan reports new variant of COVID-19 – DW (English)
A new variant of COVID-19 appears to have emerged in Japan, with experts saying they believe it arrived there from abroad. Follow DW for the latest.
Health authorities in Japan say they have found more than 90 cases of a new variant of COVID-19.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobo Kato told reporters the mutant variant known as E484K, has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan. There were also 2 cases at airports.
It is believed that the strain came from overseas, but it is different from those that originated in Britain and South Africa, according to an earlier report citing Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
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