GENEVA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization
said on Monday it had been notified by Japan of a new variant of
the coronavirus discovered there.
Japan's health ministry said on Sunday it had detected a new
coronavirus variant in four travellers from Brazil's Amazonas
state. The variant featured 12 mutations, including one also
found in highly infections variants discovered in England and
South Africa.
(Reporting by Emma Farge, Stefanie Nebehay, John Miller
Writing by Peter Graff;
Editing by Alison Williams)
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