Researchers at the University of San Paulo discovered a new variety of coronavirus. This is reported by Globo with reference to Vice President of the Brazilian Society of Virology Joao Pesosa Araza Zhunior.
As the edition writes, the variant of the virus P4 has an unknown origin. For the first time, it was discovered in a sample from Mokoka, the municipality in Sao Paulo, after which he was widely used in Port Ferreyer. “Determine whether it is more contagious or dangerous than an ordinary virus is still impossible,” the newspaper notes.
It is also reported that the new version of P4 has a general origin with Brazilian variants of P1 and P2, and distributed in the Philippines P3 – all of them belong to line B.1.1.28.
As Arahau Zhunior said, it is important to recognize the existence of a new strain of coronavirus, because it quickly extends to the region and has already been discovered in nine municipalities São Paulo.
Earlier, director of the Central Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Vasily Akimkin reported that Russia revealed 154 samples of previously not described strains of coronavirus. He noted that new mutations will be studied.