MANILA, Philippines — A year after the Covid-19 emerged from Wuhan, China and affected many countries globally, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has mutated into three variants — the UK variant, South Africa variant, and the Brazil variant.
Although the variants came from the same virus that originally causes Covid-19, each variant has its own set of mutations and changes in the spike protein of the virus.
“So far, the main concern is that these virus variants seem to have mutated in ways that make them more easily passed from one person to another,” said Cleveland Clinic in a statement on its website.
The World Health Organization (WHO) also said that th…
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