Coronavirus: what’s the difference between ‘variants’ and ‘mutants’? With Hong Kong on edge over new cases, here’s what you should know

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.The recent emergence of local cases with coronavirus variants has set Hong Kong on edge, amid fears the city could suffer a surge in infections that would bring back the strictest social-distancing measures. The more transmissive Covid-19 variants, first reported overseas late last year, have also been suspected to be behind waves of recent outbreaks in other…

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