UK: “Everest climbers could have spread potentially more infectious and vaccine resistant’ variant

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So, more of a “Western mountaineers” variant then?

 

Daily Mail story “Everest climbers could have spread ‘potentially more infectious AND vaccine resistant’ Nepal Covid variant

 

Rapid rise of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spike mutation T478K found in Mexico and several European countries

 

UK: “Everest climbers could have spread potentially more infectious and vaccine resistant’ variant

 

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** This post was originally published on June 3, 2021 **