Bangladesh reports another new Covid variant
PBC News: Scientists have identified another new variant of novel coronavirus in Bangladesh with potentially worrying mutations.
Known as B.1.525, the variant was first detected in the UK on December 15 and Nigeria in December last year.According to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), eight cases of this variant have so far been found in Bangladesh by different laboratories.
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Of them, six were detected by the scientists at Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, one by the scientists at Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives and another by the scientists at Child Health Research Foundation.
“What information about this variant we have received so far from our collaborating colleagues in Europe is a bit concerning. However, it is too early to reach any conclusion,” one of the Bangladeshi scientists linked to the study said.
The results of the genomic sequence were uploaded to the GISAID database between April 8 and 19.
