UArizona researcher finds new COVID-19 variant

UArizona researcher finds new COVID-19 variant
UArizona researcher finds new COVID-19 variant
By:
Luzdelia Caballero
and last updated 2021-01-17 15:46:49-05
TUCSON, AZ — A University of Arizona researcher has found a new variant of COVID-19.
Evolutionary Biologist Michael Worobey says the new strain is something to prepare for, but not panic over.
“The virus is not a stationary target. It is evolving,” he told KGUN9.
Worobey says he and his graduate student, Brendan Larson, discovered a new strain of COVID-19 described as B.1.375--.
“It has a mutation in the spike gene that is shared with the lineage that’s come to dominate the United Kingdom epidemic, and so we’re watching that one carefully,” he said.

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