On the Rise in the City

Feb 25, 2021

A new viral variant of concern has been identified in New York City, the New York Times reports.

It says that two teams of researchers have homed in on the variant, called B.1.526, which has a mutation that may limit the effectiveness of vaccines. The Times adds that the variant was first noted among samples from the city in November and by mid-February the variant was about a quarter of all samples studied.

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