A new mutation of the coronavirus, which was discovered in the UK in December this year, was identified in Switzerland. This was reported by RIA Novosti .
According to the Swiss authorities, the virus was detected in two British citizens who were in the country.
Earlier it was reported that a new virus strain reached Germany. According to the authorities of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, the mutated coronavirus was found in a woman who flew to Frankfurt from London.
A dangerous mutation of the coronavirus was first discovered in the UK in September. To date, about a thousand cases of infection with the new strain have been identified. The mutation has also been identified in patients in the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Italy. The British Advisory Board on New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats said this variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster.