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What You Need To Know About The New COVID-19 Variants

Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Public Policy Specialist

12-Jan-21 14:30

What You Need To Know About The New COVID-19 Variants

First it was the D614G variant, now it’s the B117 variant. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been mutating throughout the pandemic, but a few of them have grabbed headlines and attention as they’re said to be more transmissible forms of the coronavirus. So what does this mean for our fight against COVID-19?

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