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New Covid-19 strain found in northeast Japan city

Visitors stroll under illuminated cherry blossoms in full bloom, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 30, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

Japan's first case of a coronavirus variant has been found in Sendai, the northeast Japan city's government said Thursday.

The mutation was described as a recombinant virus mixing genetic information of the Omicron variant's BA.1 and BA.2 subtypes. It differs from the Omicron XE derivative strain that presents a risk of a sudden rise in cases.

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