aback! Research finds COVID-19 mutated in Brazil. It is twice as easily infectious and can be recovered from illness.
Scientific study results Which was published yesterday (2 Mar) indicating that the new coronavirus. Mutant It was first found in the state of Amazonas. North of brazil The transmission rate is 2 times higher than before and people who have been infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) can come back to be infected with the virus. This mutant can again
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) states that the scientific research team conducted above is co-ordinated by Ister Sabino, a communicable disease specialist at the University of Sao Paulo and Nunofaria, a researcher at the University of São Paulo. Oxford University of the United Kingdom
A mutated virus It was first seen in mid-November 2020 in Manaus, capital of the Amazonas state. By researchers at the Brazil-UK Center for Diagnostic Discovery, Genomics Studies And the epidemiology of Arboravirus (CADDE) indicates that the virus. The epidemic began to spread widely within seven weeks.
Sabino cited information from the research and stated that People who have been suffering from COVID-19 And still have to continue to be vigilant Because it may return to be infected with the virus This mutant can again
Brazil is the second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the world after the United States and the third highest number of cumulative cases in the world after the United States and India. Brazil currently has a cumulative of 10,587,001 cases and 255,720 deaths.
Source of Xinhua News Agency
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