The Merkur newspaper said that, last week, a new mutation of the emerging corona virus was discovered, in a German hospital in Bavaria.
The newspaper quoted, according to Franz Niederbol, the hospital director, that the specialists in this medical institution discovered the mutation in the virus by testing samples from some patients, with a new analysis device that the institution recently acquired.
After discovering this mutation in the virus, hospital doctors contacted their colleagues from Charité Hospital, who confirmed that there might be a new type of SARS-CoV-2 virus.
It remains unclear until now, the source of this mutation, as well as the extent of infection of the new type of virus.
Doctors stress that they cannot, at present, provide accurate information about the characteristics of this mutation, which needs additional study. Details may appear at the end of January.
Franz Niederbol said: “Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 12,000 changes have been discovered in the structure of the virus, in various parts of the world.”
Source: Novosti