Russian Watchdog Reports Coronavirus Mutations in Siberia
The chief of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday that some mutations of the coronavirus were registered in Siberia
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th November, 2020) The chief of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday that some mutations of the coronavirus were registered in Siberia.
"We see certain changes ... in the Siberian region, which allows us to assume that its own version [of the coronavirus] with certain mutations is being formed in this region," Anna Popova said at an online forum on new scientific data on COVID-19.
Rospotrebnadzor specified later that this was not a new form of coronavirus, just certain mutations.