Viruses mutate regularly and often the changes have no major impact on how they spread. Photo: AFP Viruses mutate regularly and often the changes have no major impact on how they spread. Photo: AFP
Viruses mutate regularly and often the changes have no major impact on how they spread. Photo: AFP
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Coronavirus: scientists keeping close eye on new variant

  • Viruses mutate regularly, and often changes have no major impact on how they spread, infect the body or are fought by the immune system
  • BioNTech vaccine ‘highly likely’ to provide protection against new variant, company’s chief executive says

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Simone McCarthy
Simone McCarthy

Updated: 10:58pm, 24 Dec, 2020

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Viruses mutate regularly and often the changes have no major impact on how they spread. Photo: AFP Viruses mutate regularly and often the changes have no major impact on how they spread. Photo: AFP
Viruses mutate regularly and often the changes have no major impact on how they spread. Photo: AFP
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