Health
Mutant UK variant now has ‘superpower’ – Daily Examiner
The contagious COVID-19 strain has mutated again and may now be more resistant to antibodies, scientists warned amid a new testing blitz.
The contagious UK variant of COVID-19 has mutated again, in worrying genetic changes that may give the virus the ability to evade the immune system, according to scientists.
Public Health England reported that tests on some samples detected genomes with the E484K mutation, which has already been seen in the highly transmissible South African and Brazilian variants.
Calum Semple, a top scientist advising the UK government, told the BBC radio that this “mutation of most concern” had developed spontaneously…
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