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Covid 19 coronavirus: Kiwi scientists identify ‘virus family’ of new outbreak – New Zealand Herald

Outbreak breakthrough has only deepened the mystery over its origins.

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A breakthrough in understanding New Zealand’s new Covid-19 outbreak has only deepened the mystery over its origins.
New Zealand scientists have identified the “family” of its latest Covid-19 outbreak and have revealed that its name is “B.1.1.1.” and can be tracked all the way back to Wuhan.
The lineage of the genome sequence of the original cluster which began as four new cases on August 11 and has grown to 30 is also linked to cases in Australia.
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloom…

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