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Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, a health ministry official said Tuesday. Japan announced the detection of the new variant on Sunday, but officials have been at pains to emphasise there is no evidence yet that it is any more transmissible or dangerous than others.
Third concerning coronavirus variant should be a wake up call to the world, experts warn
A variant identified in Japan in arrivals from Brazil shares concerning characteristics with mutations detected in the UK and South Africa
12 January 2021 • 2:45pm
A dessert in the shape of a coronavirus, spike proteins and all, placed in a window of a coffee shop in Prague
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A new coronavirus variant detected in four travellers from Brazil is “as concerning” as strains previously found in the UK and South Africa, a leading expert has warned.
The variant was picked up during routine surveillance by Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), which analyses the genomes from all international travellers who test positive for Covid-19 on arrival.
As people grow hopeful thanks to vaccines, a new coronavirus variant has been found in the world. This new strain of the virus has been found in Japan in several people coming from Brazil. The country is working on isolating the new strain of the virus to analyze it. Here is more on the matter.