Local versions of COVID-19 with mutations like the British strain identified in Russia

"There are also some" local "Russian versions of the virus, which have mutations in the genome, characteristic of the British and South African variants," - quotes RIA Novosti Khafizov.

According to him, now it is premature to say that these versions have special properties for people.

He noted that several hundred deliveries of the British strain to Russia have been identified.

Earlier it became known that variants of the Indian strain of coronavirus infection COVID-19 were identified in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Pskov region.