Different Covid symptoms linked to mutation found in Merseyside Officials are advising people with a wider range of symptoms to get tested Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now People in Liverpool and the wider city region are being told to look out for wider symptoms which could be linked to a mutation of Covid-19 detected here. Public Health England has detected 40 cases of the original virus that contain the spike protein known as E484K. This mutation was first detected in a cluster of 5 cases linked to staff from Liverpool Women's Hospital who had attended a funeral together.