In Sweden found a mutation of Omicron strain

In Sweden, in the academic laboratory of the Swedish city of Uppsala revealed a mutation of the Omicron-strain of coronavirus. It is reported by the TV channel SVT NYHETER.

The mutation of the new version of COVID-19 was discovered on January 14 in three people. “We have to have much more material to know whether he can compete with the previous option [Coronavirus],” Martineella Mattinella’s TV channel quotes the television channel.

According to The Guardian, a new strain is an “invisible” version of Oomikron, which cannot be distinguished from other options using PCR tests. It does not have a specific genetic change, which allows to use laboratory tests as a finished means to identify probable cases of infection.

/Media reports.