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Are mutations making Covid-19 more infectious?

20 July 2020

As reports state that the strain of Covid-19 currently infecting people has mutated since originating in Wuhan, China, Dr Lucy van Dorp (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) suggests that the controversial ‘founder effect’ theory may be behind the mutation.

Read: BBC News, More: BBC News Afrique (French), BBC Mundo (Spanish)