Coronavirus mutation spread across Europe
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A new wave of lockdowns and business closings swept across Europe.
Researchers studying the coronavirus and its genetic mutations revealed in a study a genetic mutation that originated in farmworkers in Spain may have contributed to the second wave in Europe, a report said.
The Financial Times reported scientists are working to determine what role, if any, variant 20A.EU1 could play in disease’s transmission or lethality. Scientists are looking at the mutation’s possible effect on the virus’ “spike protein.” The variant was found in cases across the continent, including more than 80 percent in Spain, the paper reported.
A new wave of lockdowns and business closings swept across France, Germany and other places in Europe as surging coronavirus infections there and in the U.S. wipe out months of progress against the scourge on two continents.
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