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Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 13:39
A CORONAVIRUS strain similar to the latest UK mutation was already spreading through Italy in August, a leading virus expert has revealed.
The Italian variant was circulating weeks before the first known cases of the UK strain and could have been a precursor to the mutation in England, according to virologist Arnaldo Caruso.
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Professor Arnaldo Caruso said virologists have found a new Covid-19 variant in Italy, similar to the UK variantCredit: YouTube
The patient had first been diagnosed with Covid-19 in April, but was still recording “positive results with highly charged viruses” in August.
“To our surprise we realised that we had identified a new variant, similar but not identical to the English variant that was also starting to circulate in Italy,” said Caruso, a professor at the University of Brescia in northern Italy. ....

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