Published 3 years ago

COVID-19′s spread may have been accelerated by an early mutation, research suggests

Summary by The Globe & Mail

A host of new research has supported the view that the mutated virus had a distinct advantage, infecting people more easily than the original variant

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Yahoo News

Evidence Builds That an Early Mutation Made the Pandemic Harder to Stop

As the coronavirus swept across the world, it picked up random alterations to its genetic sequence. Like meaningless typos in a script, most of those mutations made no difference in how the virus behaved.But one mutation near the beginning of the pandemic did make a difference, multiple new findings suggest, helping the virus spread more easily from person to person and making the pandemic harder to stop.The mutation, known as 614G, was first sp…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Hindustan Times

Early mutation made Covid-19 harder to stop: Report

Citing new studies, the report says that the virus has been picking up “random alterations to its genetic sequence” during the early days of the outbreak. While most of the mutations didn’t make much of a difference, one of them, however, turned out to be crucial, helping Covid-19 spread faster.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Sydney Morning Herald

Evidence builds that an early mutation made the pandemic harder to stop

The mutation was first spotted in eastern China in January and then spread quickly throughout Europe and New York City. Within months, the variant took over much of the world.

3 years ago·Sydney, Australia

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Evidence builds that an early mutation made the pandemic harder to stop

NEW YORK — As the coronavirus swept across the world, it picked up random alterations to its genetic sequence. Like meaningless typos in a script, most of those mutations made no difference in how the virus behaved.

3 years ago·Singapore

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