OSU Wexner Medical Center finds new strain of COVID-19 in Ohio - NBC4 WCMH-TV

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Researchers from Ohio State University said two new strains of COVID-19 have been identified in central Ohio, bringing with it new questions about how it could impact those across the state.

Those researchers said that mutations of the COVID-19 virus are expected and have been studied since the pandemic began last March.

“Single changes in the virus generally, by our knowledge in the past, do not lead to loss of protection against a related virus,” Jones said.

“Different states are reporting different viruses emerging,” Jones said.

“These are common mutations occurring in different strain backgrounds, so that’s telling us likely these are independent, arising of the same mutations in different places.”.

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