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Here’s What We Know About Deltacron, the Latest COVID Variant to Reach Australia
A new COVID-19 variant that combines both the Delta and Omicron strains has been detected in Australia. Here’s what we know about Deltacron.
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Curious as to How Researchers Identify Omicron and Other COVID-19 Variants?
How do scientists detect new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19? The answer is a process called DNA sequencing. Researchers sequence DNA to determine the order of the four chemical building blocks, or nucleotides, that make it up: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine. The millions to billions of these building blocks paired up together…
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40% of New Covid-19 Cases in London Likely the Omicron Variant: Report
Roughly 40% of new covid-19 cases in London consist of the recently discovered omicron variant, according to UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who made the starling claim on Monday. The news comes as the British public is urged to get coronavirus booster vaccines to help shore up protection against a disease that has killed at…