There are now at least eight different strains of the coronavirus circling the globe, say scientists who are tracking the mutations in real time to see exactly how the deadly virus is spreading.
As the New York Post reported, researchers are working rapidly to study the genetic sequences of the viruses connected to the original coronavirus outbreak and keeping maps of the changes. This has helped them to determine exactly who the virus is spreading, though they noted that no one strain is more harmful than any other.
“These mutations are completely benign and useful as a puzzle piece to uncover how the virus is spreading,” said Trevor Bedford, co-founder of the open database NextStrain which is being used to track the spread of the virus.
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