🦠 An entirely new strain of coronavirus has been identified in 10 countries!

🦠 In the UK and 9 other countries, a completely new strain of coronavirus was identified, it was named B1525

The new strain has a "potentially alarming set of mutations," according to The Guardian . In particular, researchers are concerned about the E484K mutation in the spike protein, which is also present in the Brazilian and South African variants and, according to experts, makes the virus more resistant to antibodies.

So far, B1525 has been detected:

In the UK - 35 patients

In Denmark - 35 patients

In Nigeria - in 12 patients

In the USA - in 7 patients

In France - in 5 patients

In Ghana - in <5 patients

In Australia - in <5 patients

In Canada - in <5 patients

In Jordan - <5 patients

In Spain - in <5 patients