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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The new coronavirus variant that emanates from India, dubbed as "double mutant," has been found in the San Francisco Bay Area by Stanford’s...

Lisa Kim, a spokeswoman for Stanford Health Care’s School of Medicine, told India-West: “We believe this is the first described case with this variant in the United States.” The India variant has the L452R mutation found in the California variant, as well as another significant spike mutation, E484Q.  This same position is mutated to a different amino acid (K) in both the South Africa and Brazil P1 and P2 variants, said Kim. The new double mutant variant has shown up in at le...

Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 04April 2021 The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here. Please share this article - Go to...

Coronavirus variant from India discovered in the Bay Area New coronavirus variant discovered in the Bay Area New coronavirus variant, first found in India, was discovered in a Bay Area patient by Stanfords Clinical Virology Lab. KTVUs Candese Charles reports. OAKLAND, Calif. - Another form of coronavirus has been detected in the Bay Area by Stanford University. "We identified this new Indian variant last week just immediately after it was reported in the lay press," says Dr. Ben Pinsky, Stanfor...