Covid mutation is behind an explosion of cases in the Amazon rainforest, scientists fear. Four Japanese travellers tested positive for the suspected new strain after returning from Brazil's Amazonas state.Scientists now believe the mutant emerged in the region which saw more coronavirus hospital admissions in the first week of 2021 than in December.
Authorities began storing dead bodies in refrigeration trucks this week after the country's hospitals were overwhelmed, the Mirror reports.
Felipe Naveco, from Brazil’s Fiocruz scientific research centre, said: “It’s a virus that has gone through a process of evolution, which makes us think that maybe it’s a new Brazilian variant."These mutations are very worrying, and we need more time and.
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