A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in several countries, researchers have claimed, highlighting the role of travel in the pandemic and the need to track mutations.Over the last two months, it has accounted for close to 90% of new infections in Spain, according to the research paper, authored by seven researchers with backing by Swiss and Spanish public-sector science institutions.
The strain has crossed European borders and accounted for 40-70% of new infections in Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom in September, they found. But in some places outside Spain the variant's journey developed a dynamic of its own, indicating it may have a transmission advantage.
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