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Mutated strain of coronavirus ‘can jump back and forth’ – BBC News
A new coronavirus strain could potentially leap to other animals, such as mice and voles, says expert.
By Helen BriggsBBC Environment correspondent
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A new coronavirus strain could potentially leap to other animals, such as rats, mice, ferrets and voles, an expert has warned.
The virus could then “come back in future years into the human population”, said Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust.
His comments came amid new warnings about the virus’s evolution in mink.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said mink-to-human transmission could occur.
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