New variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, seem to be emerging on a constant basis. It's difficult to know what to think when you hear about them on the news. In December, the Alpha ...
One thing we know for sure about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is that it keeps changing. Since the start of the pandemic, we have seen several notable variants, including Alpha, Beta, ...
A blue gloved hand in the lab holding tubes of blood identified with the label COVID-19 New Variant. The COVID-19 pandemic was the third leading cause of death globally in 2020 and the second in 2021, ...
A clinical virologist at the laboratory in South Africa where the Omicron variant was detected has said that it was the vigilance of a junior scientist that led to the discovery. Dr Allison Glass of ...
A new coronavirus strain, named Mu, has been designated a variant of interest by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia and cases have been recorded in ...