New Mutation of Kent Covid-19 Variant Said to Help Virus Evade Immune System – Sputnik International

Public Health England have detected samples of the Kent variant with mutations that may help it evade the immune system.The new mutation of the Covid-19 variant, called E484K, has been found in 11 samples examined by scientists.
The mutation of most concern, which we call E484K, has also occurred spontaneously in the new Kent strain in parts of the country too, a professor of outbreak medicine Calum Semple said in an interview.
The spike protein mutation E484K has been linked to South Africa and…

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