Highly contagious COVID strain unknowingly spread in 15 countries - study
Published in the academic journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers discovered that the variant first appeared in the United Kingdom in early December 2020.
This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus parti(photo credit: NIAID-RML/FILE PHOTO/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF