Another new variant found
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/japan-finds-new-coronavirus-variant-in-travellers-from-brazil-1.5261023
A new coronavirus variant has been detected in four travellers from Brazil's Amazonas state, Japan's Health Ministry said on Sunday, the latest new mutation of the virus discovered.
"At the moment, there is no proof showing the new variant found in those from Brazil is high in infectiousness,"
Brazil's Health Ministry said it has been notified by Japan's authorities that the new variant has 12 mutations, and one of them has already been identified also in the variants found in the United Kingdom and in South Africa. "It implies in a potential higher virus infectiousness,"
Cases in Japan have been sharply going up the past few days
Japan declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three prefectures neighboring the capital on Thursday.
With the amount of active infections circulating it is no wonder we'll see more mutations.
23,672,817 currently Infected Patients.
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