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WHO monitoring virus variant ‘Mu’

The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as ‘Mu’, which was first identified in Colombia in January.

WHO monitoring virus variant ‘Mu’
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Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “variant of interest”, the global health body said in its weekly pandemic bulletin. The WHO said the variant has mutations that indicate a risk of resistance to vaccines and stressed that further studies were needed to better understand it.

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