First report of patients being infected with two coronavirus strains
The Brazilian cases raise fears that new COVID-19 variants are mutating faster
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Researchers in southern Brazil say they have discovered patients infected with two different strains of COVID-19 simultaneously.
The researchers, who posted their findings on the medRxiv preprint server, say their study is the first in the world to confirm co-infection with two strains of the virus.