In a paper, No evidence for increased transmissibility from recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2, published in the Nature Communications journal, the authors state that none of mutations identified lead to the increase in the spread of Covid-19.
This definitely is good news.
The paper also lists three ways in which the SARS-CoV2 virus mutates in infected humans:
- Mistakes in copying errors during the replication (multiplication) of the virus.
- Interactions with other viruses in the affected human cells.
- Changes in the host RNA modification systems.
The paper says that out of the identified total of 12,706 mutations, about 398 strongly supported recurrent mutations were observed. It also added that the genomic diversity of the virus remains low, but vigil should be maintained continuously.
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