Health
Coronavirus Variant Tracker – The New York Times
Tracking recent mutations, variants and lineages.
Each coronavirus contains nearly 30,000 letters of RNA. This genetic information allows the virus to infect cells and hijack them to make new viruses.
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Diagram of the
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Diagram of the
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