New coronavirus variant identified in Europe

The origin of the variant is still unknown, but it is descended from another one first identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in April of last year. 

A new coronavirus variant has been identified by the University of Liege in Belgium with a number of key spike mutations and a spike insertion, Deutsche Welle reported on Monday.

A new #coronavirus variant has been identified by the University of Liege in #Belgium with a number of key spike mutations and a spike insertion.https://t.co/onvzf1Dtk2

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