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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Finnish laboratory has detected a new coronavirus strain, which has been dubbed Fin-796H and was found in the south of the country. A joint study by Vita Laboratories and the University of Helsinki s Institute of Biotechnology has shown that this new strain can t be detected by all PCR tests approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to an official statement. Vita Laboratoriot Oy and the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki have detected a previously unknown variant of the coronavirus in a sample from southern Finland. Mutations in this . . .
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However, they believe that the combination is unique, therefore not making it the same strain.
The discovery was made by Helsinki-based Vita Laboratories.
In a statement scientists who discovered the strain said: “Vita Laboratoriot Oy and the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki have detected a previously unknown variant of the coronavirus in a sample from southern Finland.
“Mutations in this variant make it difficult to detect in at least one of the WHO-recommended PCR tests.
“This discovery could have a significant impact on determining the spread of the disease.”
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Researchers at the Vita Laboratories in Helsinki have discovered a new coronavirus variant dubbed Fin-796H, which displayed mutations formerly discovered in the British and South African in a “unique” combination.
The “newly-discovered variant differs from expectations in that it does not genetically resemble any other known variant,” according to Petri Auvinen, the research director of Helsinki University’s Institute of Biotechnology.
For the moment, the researchers are calling for calm, noting that while such a discovery would have been a matter of time, no evidence currently suggests that the variant could be more transmittable or more resistant to vaccination.