Covid-19 Coronavirus Mutations Have Not Made It More Infectious

The orange portion of the graph shows percentage of coronavirus cases which are the original D strain. Blue shows how common the G Strain is. Over time, the G variant supplanted the D strain 

Daily Mail: Covid-19 has NOT become more infectious: Study identifies almost 13,000 coronavirus mutations but none – including the dominant D614G strain – made it better at spreading 

 * UCL researchers found 12,706 mutations in 46,723 coronavirus patient genomes 

 * Found than none of the detected mutations made the virus better at spreading 

 * This includes D614G mutation which is the dominant coronavirus strain globally

Coronavirus has not mutated to become more infectious, according to a scientific study that debunks a widespread theory. 

Most coronavirus cases seen globally feature a specific genetic mutation called D614G which is different to the original strain that emerged in Wuhan last year and experts feared was more infectious than the original version. 

But UCL researchers looked at more than 46,723 cases of Covid-19 from 99 countries and assessed how mutations appeared and if they altered transmissibility. 

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WNU Editor: The last thing that the world needs right now is a more lethal strain of Covid-19 that the current vaccines being developed cannot stop.