Daily Mail: 'Most mutated Covid variant so far' detected in South Africa may already be EXTINCT, scientist claims
* Some experts raised fears that C.1.2 was more transmissible than other strains
* But experts said today there was no sign the mutant strain was spreading
* And they said it may even have gone extinct amid the spread of the Delta strain
A new Covid variant which has been branded the 'most mutated so far' may already be extinct, it was claimed today. Concerns were raised that the mutant strain — dubbed C.1.2 — could be more infectious than other variants and better able to evade vaccines.
But experts said today there was no sign the mutant strain had managed to gain a foothold in South Africa — where it was first identified — or any other country.
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