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A new study gives the chills in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several experts at Houston Methodis Hospital have established that the SARS CoV-2 virus has mutated, developed a new strain, and is more infectious. They came to this conclusion after analyzing thousands of samples from the first wave of the epidemic that they compared with current analyzes.
As it spread around the world, the coronavirus underwent mutations and developed a new strain. Experts have determined that the second wave strain is more infectious. In fact, 99% of the people screened at the Houston hospital had a more infectious strain.
The new strain of coronavirus is known as D614G
Scientists have determined that the virus has undergone a new mutation. The new strain has undergone changes in the spike protein, which forms the outer shell of the coronavirus. Because it is more infectious, it spreads much faster.
Houston Methodis Hospital experts examined more than 5,000 samples from the first wave. These were compared with samples taken from a recent wave of infections. Therefore, they found that 99% of the second wave strains had a mutation, cites Mediafax.
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