Tyson will reopen Waterloo plant where hundreds sickened
https://apnews.com/db0055d9b08c05193d1fe81c5c6fc46fMay 06, 2020 · Tyson will reopen Waterloo plant where hundreds sickened May 6, 2020 GMT WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods will begin limited operation Thursday of its huge pork processing plant in Waterloo, more than two weeks after closing the facility because of a coronavirus outbreak among workers, the company announced Tuesday.
[A mutant coronavirus has emerged, even more contagious ...
https://www.ajc.com/news/mutant-coronavirus-has-emerged-even-more-contagious-than-the-original-study-says/hie7CwOfn0AWHQcPAQsNiN/ftp://Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19.
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new strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly to the East Coast of the United States and has been the dominant strain across the world since mid-March, the scientists wrote. In addition to spreading faster, it may make people vulnerable to a
second infection after a first bout with the disease, the report warned. The 33-page report was posted Thursday on BioRxiv, a website that researchers use to share their work before it is peer reviewed, an effort to speed up collaborations with scientists working on COVID-19
vaccines or treatments. That research has been largely based on the genetic sequence of earlier strains and might not be effective against the new one. The mutation identified in the new report affects the now infamous spikes on the exterior of the coronavirus, which allow it to enter human respiratory cells. The report's authors said they felt an "urgent need for an early warning" so that vaccines and drugs under development around the world will be effective against the mutated strain.
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