According to Tulio de Oliveira, director of the South African infection institute, the new variant has more than 50 mutations, and undoubtedly the new variant comes from a single patient who has not had any resistance to the virus.
Sambært Tulio de Oliveira, stjóra á Suðurafrikanska smittustovninum, hevur nýggja frábrigdið fleiri enn 50 mutatiónir, og ivaleyst kemur nýggja frábrigdið frá einum einstakum sjúklingi, ið ikki hevur havt nakra mótstøðuføri móti virusinum.