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ASU watching new COVID-19 Arizona variant with a mutation known to weaken vaccines Amanda Morris, Arizona Republic © Amanda Morris A scientist at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Flagstaff prepares to work with a live sample of COVID-19. Arizona State University researchers have found a home-grown variant of the coronavirus emerging in Arizona that they say should be monitored closely because it carries a mutation known for weakening vaccines. In a non-peer reviewed study that published Sunday, researchers said they have detected 17 cases of the new variant since February, 15 of which were in Arizona. The other two cases were found in Houston in late February and New Mexico in early March, suggesting that the variant has begun to spread.

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