LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuters) – The E484K mutation of the novel coronavirus has spontaneously occurred in the UK variant of the virus, said an outbreak medicine professor who is part of a panel advising the UK government.
“The most concerning mutation, which we call E484K, has also occurred spontaneously in the new Kent species in parts of the country,” Calum Semple said on BBC radio. The British variant was first discovered in the South England county of Kent. (Written by Estelle Shirbon; edited by Guy Faulconbridge)
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