Tag Archives: ‘Like UK variant squared’: Expert says Indian variant behind massive outbreak in the country

The variant from India is perhaps the most contagious coronavirus mutation on the planet, according to Tom Wenseleers, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium. Wenseleers was the first scientist to claim that the UK variant was more transmissible than other versions of the virus, a claim first disputed but later affirmed by other experts. “The new …

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