Researchers from Australia and Taiwan studied the genetic structure of coronavirus samples, collected all over the world. They found the first major mutation of the virus.
Changes were detected in the sample from India, taken on January 27, reports Biorxiv. This pathogen worse contacted the receptors of a human cell, which made him less dangerous.
However, they found that the genome of SARS-CoV-2 more stable than caused the outbreak of pneumonia in 2002-2003, SARS and normal SARS, says NSN.
Earlier NEWS.ru wrote that the situation with the incidence of coronavirus in Russia with the successful outcome will peak in early may or sooner, followed by a plateau. This is the opinion of the Advisor Director for scientific work of the Central research Institute of epidemiology, Viktor Maleyev.
According to recent reports, the world had contracted the coronavirus of 2.38 million people, killed thousands 164,37, recovered 615,45 thousands.
In Russia on April 20, the total number of infected reached 47 121, 405 died, recovered 3446. According to the operational headquarters, new cases of the disease observed in 76 regions. Most of them — in Moscow, the Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod regions. 45.3% of people are newly infected have no clinical manifestations of the disease.
