Covid-19 Brazil Variant

A patient who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is transported to the morgue at a field hospital set up at Dell'Antonia sports gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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Brazil's P1 coronavirus variant mutating, may become more dangerous -study

Those changes, the scientists said, could make the virus more resistant to vaccines

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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Scientists discover possible new coronavirus mutation in Brazil

Family members (front) and staff carry the coffin of Luiz Alves, 63, who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for his funeral at Inhauma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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North America sees drop in Covid-19 cases, Brazil surge worrying

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine neutralizes Brazil variant in lab study

A man wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks over Westminster bridge as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
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UK officials hunt Brazil virus variant case in the country