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A new variant of the corona viris has been detected in south africa. Scientists don't yet have a name for it, but there are meetings happening to day abou that it will be called new which is the next letter under the greek alphabet naming system. Catch up on the latest episodes of the walking deads epic final season. I will be speaking to exportsaround the world about reseto ing panda. There's some new copewet strategies and we've got a betsene.

In a quickly developing story a new variant, first detected in Botswana, is triggering rapid action among researchers. The variant - currently named B.1.1.529 has more than 30 changes to the spike protein - and the concern is that these mutations may result in increased transmissibility, severity of disease or even antibody evasion.

In this episode of Coronapod, we discuss what we know so far, how scientists are searching for answers and what this could mean for the pandemic.

News: Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert

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