Europe Warns of New, Highly Mutated Covid Strain as Cases Rise.

There's no evidence that emerging variants are associated with more severe disease or a reduction of vaccine effectiveness, ECDC Director Andrea Ammon said in the statement. (Bloomberg) -- European health officials warned that the new, highly mutated Pirola coronavirus variant is circulating on the continent and may be behind an uptick in Covid-19 cases. [Extracted from the article]

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