Discovery of a new mutant of the Coronavirus in Brazil

Scientists at the University of Sao Paulo announced that a new mutation of the fast-spreading Corona virus was recently discovered in Brazil.

The medical website Globo quoted Vice President of the Brazilian Society of Virology João Pessoa Araujo Jr. as saying today that a specimen (B4) of unknown origin was discovered for the first time in a sample from the town of Mococa in the city of São Paulo and after that it spread widely in the Puerto Ferrara region … So far, we can determine whether it is more contagious or more dangerous than the normal form of the virus.

He added that the new model B4 has a common origin with the Brazilian models B1 and B2, as well as the model spread in the Philippines B3, all of which belong to the B 28 1 strain.

The virologist warned that the model could spread too quickly in an environment dominated by the B1 mutant and the British mutant.

So far, many mutants have appeared about the Coronavirus, which was initially discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread to various countries of the world.

Haifaa Mafalani