WHO experts, scientists say no evidence of Covid-19 losing potency despite top Italian doctor's claim

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LONDON/MILAN (REUTERS) - World Health Organisation experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday (June 1) there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the Covid-19 pandemic has been losing potency.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON/MILAN - World Health Organisation experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the Covid-19 pandemic has been losing potency.

There is no data to show the new coronavirus is changing significantly, either in its form of transmission or in the severity of the disease it causes, they said. "With data from more than 35,000 whole virus genomes, there is currently no evidence that there is any significant difference relating to severity," he said in an emailed comment.

He said this could be due either to different characteristics of the virus, which he said they had not yet identified, or different characteristics in those infected.

 

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