Are there other significant SARS-CoV-2 variants?
Yes. Strains of the COVID-19-causing virus have emerged in recent months in South Africa, Spain, Denmark and other countries that have also raised concern.
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Unknown titleratory Medicine. Since PCR tests generally detect more than one gene target, however, a mutation in the spike protein only partly affects the test, reducing that risk of false negative results. <span>Are there other significant SARS-CoV-2 variants? Yes. Strains of the COVID-19-causing virus have emerged in recent months in South Africa, Spain, Denmark and other countries that have also raised concern. However none, so far, has been found to contain mutations that make it more deadly, or more likely to be able to evade vaccines or treatments. Did this new variant originate in Britain? Summary
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