What Covid-19 New Variant Means And Virus Mutation
Covid-19 New Strain Some few days ago, news about a new variant of the virus causing covid-19 surface in the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa. Much is not known about this variant. The buzz about it generated a lot of questions in the minds of millions of people. I will clear the air with this post. Read Also: How to prevent covid-19 Just like they say humans evolve, changing to adapt, so too, microorganisms like coronavirus do. Viruses change as a result of genetic selection through mutation or recombination. But the frequency depends on many factors including how the change occurred. How Virus Mutate Mutation occurs when there is an error in the viral genome or recombination when co infecting viruses exchange genetic information, creating a new variant. Mutation can be due to physical mutagens such as chemical, natural behaviour of the bases that make up nucleic acids of the virus or through friability of the enzymes that replicate the nucleic acid. Effect Of New Viral Vari...
