Study Raises Concerns Over CCP Virus Mutations During Chronic Infection

Study Raises Concerns Over CCP Virus Mutations During Chronic Infection
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as CCP virus, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab that were isolated from a patient in the United States. NIAID-RML via Reuters
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A new UK study has raised concerns that the CCP virus has more chance to mutate during chronic infections, and it could “mutate to outwit our vaccines,” a leader of the study said.

In an unedited manuscript pre-published by Nature on Friday, a team led by researchers at Cambridge University said they saw repeated mutations while treating an immunocompromised patient.
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Lily Zhou is an Ireland-based reporter covering China news for The Epoch Times.
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