Finnish laboratory network Vita Laboratoriot announced the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus - a unique Finnish variant found in samples taken in the south of the country. It is reported by "

The strain was coded Fin-796H and contains mutations previously found in British and American strains. However, their combination, they say in the laboratory, has not been found anywhere before, as reported by the news site of financial markets of Ukraine and the world Elcomart. ua.

“A new variant of the virus was detected in one of the patients last week, so so far nothing is known about the degree of infectiousness and spread, or about the negative effect of the vaccine on the new strain,” said assistant professor of the laboratory, microbiologist Taru Mari.

According to her, it is now also unclear where this strain originated, but she considers it more likely that it developed outside Finland, since the country has a relatively low percentage of COVID-19 infected compared to other countries..

The microbiologist explains that it was only a matter of time before a new variant of the coronavirus was discovered in Finland, because viruses are constantly mutating. The more viruses are investigated, the more their variants are identified..

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