Coronavirus mutations found in Siberia do not make it more deadly
Russia also said the mutations will not influence the effectiveness of its EpiVacCorona vaccine
17 November 2020 - 12:54
Moscow — Mutations in the coronavirus are appearing in Siberia, the head of Russia’s consumer health watchdog said on Tuesday, as the country reported a record daily high of 442 deaths from Covid-19.
“We see certain changes ... in Siberia that allow us to assume that in this region it is forming its own version with specific mutations,” Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, was quoted as saying by news agencies...
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