Indonesia Reports COVID-19 Case With ‘Eek’ Mutation

Indonesia has reported its first case of a more transmissible new variant of COVID-19 known for reducing vaccine protection.

A woman, wearing a face mask as a precaution against the COVID-19, talks on her mobile phone on the sidewalk of a street at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 14, 2020. Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo

JAKARTA—Indonesia has reported its first case of a more transmissible new variant of COVID-19 known for reducing vaccine protection.

The new variant contains the E484K mutation found in variants first identified in South Africa and Brazil.