Scientists watch new coronavirus variants

By Julie Steenhuysen
Updated September 9 2021 - 6:30pm, first published 6:28pm
Scientists are watching other new mutations of the coronavirus that may prove dangerous globally.
Scientists are watching other new mutations of the coronavirus that may prove dangerous globally.

The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19.

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