WHO adds new strain ‘mu’ to its variants of concern list

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The World Health Organization classified a new COVID-19 strain as a variant of concern Aug. 30. The strain, named mu, was first detected in Colombia in January, according to the WHO’s weekly COVID-19 epidemiological update.  Continue reading the article here…

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