Posted: Feb 04, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 4
Toronto microbiologist Dr. Samira Mubareka was part of the first Canadian research team to successfully isolate SARS-CoV-2 and study its genetic code. The data is still coming in on the coronavirus variant, but evidence suggests it does spread more easily, she says.(Kevin van Paassen/Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)