December 23rd According to a report by Ecuadorian Business Daily on the 23rd, a study by the University of Espírito Santo found that a new variant of the novel coronavirus appeared in Ecuador, suspected to be more infectious, and said that the new variant had nothing to do with the new variant of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom.
According to the report, the laboratory of the University of Espírito Santo conducted 35,000 COVID-19 tests during the year. After analysis, two new variants of the novel coronavirus were found in July and November, the former being the first mutant of COVID-19 in South America.
The research also shows that the novel coronavirus in the country mainly originated from the novel coronavirus variants in Europe and Western Asia, and different viral variants have now been widely distributed around the world.
