Pedestrians wearing face masks walk through a market in central Seoul on June 23, 2020.The coronavirus spreading in South Korea now has its origin in Europe and the US, health authorities said Monday. - AFP
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Herald/ANN): The Covid-19 (coronavirus) spreading in South Korea now has its origin in Europe and the US, health authorities said on Monday.
The variant belongs to the GH clade, which is usually found in Europe and the US, according to an analysis on genome samples. This implies the virus could have been imported into Korea by those who entered Korea from those regions in March and April.
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