Category: Mutation
Coronavirus surge testing in Brentwood, Essex after South African variant 501YV2 501Y.V2 detected
People in part of Essex, England are being urged to take a coronavirus test when offered, after the South African variant 501Y.V2 More...
SARS-CoV-2 VOC 202012/01 B117 has about twofold replicative advantage and acquires concerning mutations
We have estimated growth rates of expanding mutations acquired by the VOC lineage to find that the L18F substitution in spike has initiated a substrain of high replicative advantage in relation to the remaining VOC substrains. More...
Japan: Domestic influx of B11316 strains carrying the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein E484K mutation
Japan: “Domestic diffusion of strains carrying the Spike protein E484K mutation (Pangolin B.1.1.316)
E484K COVID-19 genome surveillance * 3. More...
New 484K coronavirus mutation found in Amravati, India in four samples.
Researchers have found two new mutations in coronavirus samples from Amravati and Yavatmal districts of eastern Maharashtra, India, which can escape neutralizing antibodies. More...
Coronavirus case with 484K mutation found in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
This what we know about the strain found in San Luis Potosí, Mexico: The mutation is known as E-484k and it was also identified in people from Jalisco and Tamaulipas. More...
New Philippines coronavirus variant has 484K and 501Y mutations
On Thursday, the Department of Health (DoH) in Central Visayas (The Philippines) confirmed that they have detected two mutations with “potential clinical significance” of SARS-CoV-2 that cause the disease. More...
Nearly half of all mild coronavirus cases have long-covid symptoms 6 months later
Almost half of all people with mild coronavirus cases still have at least one symptom six months after recovering, a new Israeli study found. More...
Japan finds new coronavirus variant with 484K mutation in 91 patients
Japan has confirmed that a new variant of Sars-COV-2 with the E484K mutation on the spike protein has been found in 91 patients. More...
New Finnish Covid variant Fin-796H variant has key coronavirus mutation 484K
The New Finnish variant Fin-796H shares with the South African variant the key mutation 484K that has been claimed to be central in the impaired vaccine protection. More...
Pfizer says South African variant 501Y.V2 B.1.351 could reduce vaccine protection by up to 66%
A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus N501Y.V2 More...