New COVID-19 variants under the microscope as travel bans mount over UK mutation

Dec 22, 2020, at 04:13 pm

New York: The UN health agency chief said on Monday that scientists have been working to understand new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Russian watchdog reports Coronavirus mutations in Siberia

Nov 17, 2020, at 10:12 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The chief of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday that some mutations of the coronavirus were registered in Siberia.

Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious: Study 

Oct 31, 2020, at 10:48 pm

Austin: A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. According to the paper published in the peer-reviewed journal mBIO, that mutation, called D614G, is located in the spike protein that pries open our cells for viral entry. 

Mutated coronavirus shows significant boost in infectivity: Study

Jun 13, 2020, at 04:40 pm

New York: A tiny genetic mutation in the SARS coronavirus 2 variant circulating throughout Europe and the United States significantly increases the virus’ ability to infect cells, lab experiments performed at Scripps Research show.