Health
Two mutated coronaviruses have merged into one hybrid virus. Here’s how that happened – Salon
Scientist say that the emergent hybrid virus underscores the need to keep tabs on mutant strains
Two mutant strains of the novel coronavirus may have combined their genomes to create a new and heavily mutated variant of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is responsible for causing COVID-19.
As first reported by New Scientist, the B.1.429 variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in California has somehow had a “recombination” event with the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant that originated in the United Kingdom. If confirmed by other scientists, this would mark the first recorded time that the…
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