Virus mutation from overseas not found in China: CDC

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): A mutated novel coronavirus circulating overseas has not been found in China, and Chinese researchers are closely monitoring virus mutations and examining new steps to cope with them, according to a senior disease control official.

Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that no evidence of the mutations has been found in genomic sequencing data from virus samples taken from infected incoming travelers, contaminated imports arriving in China or other sources in the country.