Discovery of a virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 should jolt India into speeding up its genome sequencing
Just as the world thought new vaccines would tame the SARS-Cov-2, a more virulent variant has been detected in the UK. According to initial analysis, the variant called VUI 202012/01 — short for Variant Under Investigation, year 2020, month 12, variant 01 — is believed to be 40-70% more infectious. Variations in gene sequences will … Read more