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Coronavirus variant spread through 15 countries before discovery – Futurity: Research News
The B117 variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spread around the world months before scientists identified it, new research finds.
The B117 variant of the virus responsible for COVID-19 has been spreading for longer than previously known, researchers have found.
The highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the United States by October 2020, according to the new study.
Scientists first discovered it in early December in the United Kingdom, where the highly contagious and more lethal variant is thought to have originated.
“We estimate that the B117 variant probably arrived in the US by October…
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