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Scientists fear COVID-19 UK variant has mutated again – The Tribune India
Apprehend that mutation could evade immune system
London, February 2
The highly transmissible and possibly deadlier variant of COVID-19 detected in southern England at the end of last year is showing signs of further mutation, UK scientists warned on Tuesday.
Tests conducted on samples of the Kent variant, named after the region in England where it was first detected, show a mutation, called ‘E484K’, already detected in the South Africa and Brazil variants.
There are fears that this mutation could evade the immune system and that the vaccines currently…
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