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‘Dodged a bullet’: Melbourne lockdown may have prevented more deadly Covid-19 variant – The Guardian

Researchers say the variant that swept Victoria during last year’s second wave was mutating into something more worrying

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CoronavirusResearchers say the variant that swept Victoria during last years second wave was mutating into something more worrying
A variant of Covid-19 similar to the one that spread rampantly in the UK would likely have developed in Victoria during last years second wave had Melbourne not gone into an extended lockdown, a leading virologist says.
Associate Prof Stuart Turville from the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales said when his laboratory examined samples from patients…

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