Japan says working to isolate, analyse new virus variant


A variant of the Covid-19 coronavirus has been detected in Japan but officials say there is no evidence yet that it is any more transmissible or dangerous than others. This picture from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA shows the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019-nCoV. – EPA/Centres for Disease Control and Prevention handout, January 12, 2020.

JAPAN is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, a health ministry official said today.

Japan announced the detection of the new variant on Sunday, but officials have been at pains to emphasise there is no evidence yet that it is any more transmissible or dangerous than others.


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