Virginia works to boost its tracking of COVID-19 variants, key to thwarting problematic mutations
MEL LEONOR Richmond Times-Dispatch As hundreds of thousands of Virginians get their shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, disease surveillance experts are turning their worries to those who remain unvaccinated â potential hosts for mutations of the virus. Some mutations, strong variants bred far from here, are already present in Virginia, spreading more quickly than the virus we already knew. Looming is the threat of a mutation that thwarts safety measures, medical treatments and even vaccines â essentially the stateâs reopening. The ongoing challenge for health officials ...