How Do New Viruses Emerge
This Virus Was First Detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. the First Infections Were Linked to a Live Animal Market, but the Virus Is Now Spreading...
This virus was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The first infections were linked to a live animal market, but the virus is now spreading from person-to-person.
This virus was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The first infections were linked to a live animal market, but the virus is now spreading from person-to-person.
How do mutations in the virus that causes COVID-19 happen?
When viruses infect you, they attach to your cells, get inside them, and make copies of their RNA, which helps them spread. If there’s a copying mistake, the RNA gets changed. Scientists call those changes mutations.