New coronavirus variant identified in New York-researchers Reuters > By Reuters - 25 February 2021 - 12:01 The Columbia study found that B.1.526 shares some worrying characteristics with B.1.351, the variant first identified in SA, and P.1., which was first identified in Brazil. Image: 123RF/perig76
A new coronavirus variant that shares some similarities with a more transmissible and intractable variant discovered in SA is on the rise in New York City, researchers said on Wednesday.
The new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about 12% of cases, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said on Wednesday.
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