December 25, 20205 yr comment_33021 Army Medical Center released first UK variant sequence from Lazio, Italy, Italy/LAZ-AMC3-5015/2020 (at GISAID) collected Dec 14. Report
December 25, 20205 yr Author comment_33022 Italy/LAZ-AMC3-5015/2020 matched UK variant with 3 AAs deleted in Spike protein, 3 AAs deleted in NSP6 and Q27 stop codon in NS8. see map https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1aQDSL2LwQFbuoCAg_nIOPK8D-LIJ5MYd&ll=41.80436477277401%2C12.738513296915768&z=9 Report
December 26, 20205 yr Author comment_33073 Italian spy did not catch mutated virus from UK A spy who became the first Italian known to have the British coronavirus variant did not catch it from her English partner, as was originally suspected, suggesting that the virus mutation has been in Italy longer than believed. The woman, 42, tested positive in Rome last week and it was assumed that she had caught the virus from her partner, a former British Army officer recently returned from the UK. However, although the women's partner also had COVID-19 diagnosed, tests have shown that he has the normal variant..... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italian-spy-did-not-catch-mutated-virus-from-uk-pv79r5nwp Edited December 26, 20205 yr by niman Report
December 26, 20205 yr Author comment_33084 The patient, and his cohabitant who returned in recent days from the United Kingdom, on a flight that landed at Fiumicino airport, are in isolation and have followed, together with other family members and close contacts, all procedures established by the Ministry of Health." https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/covid-19-the-new-variant-is-in-italy.html Report
December 26, 20205 yr Author comment_33085 map update https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1aQDSL2LwQFbuoCAg_nIOPK8D-LIJ5MYd&ll=41.75378585161707%2C11.431647078955045&z=7 Report
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