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New COVID-19 virus strain found in Japan as infection cluster is found in Tokyo immigration centre – ABC News
Japan confirms a new variant of COVID-19, and an infection cluster emerges at a Tokyo immigration facility, as the country tries to overcome a third wave of infection…
Japan has confirmed a new variant of COVID-19, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, as the country tries to overcome a third wave of infection in the pandemic.
Key points:
- The new variant has the E484K mutation on the spike protein which has been found in other variants
- Japan has reported 151 cases of variants from Britain, South Africa and Brazil, according to the health ministry
- The nation has had more than 400,000 cases of COVID-19 with 7,194 fatalities
The new variant…
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