A new variant Covid-19 was discovered in Texas A&M University.

　　According to American media reports on April 20th, local time, Texas A&M University issued a press release on the 19th, saying that its researchers detected a new variant Covid-19 from students’ saliva samples and named it BV-1. So far, only one confirmed infection case has been detected.

　　It is reported that the student had mild cold symptoms when the sample was collected. On March 5, the sample was positive, and on March 25, the second test was positive again. On April 9, the sample was negative after the third test, and the cold symptoms disappeared.

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　　Ben Newman, chief virologist of Texas A&M University in the United States, said at the university press conference that the research institute did not know enough about the characteristics of the mutant virus at present, but its mutation combination was similar to many mutant viruses worthy of attention in the world at present, and it was "related" to the Covid-19 mutant strain B.1.1.7 found in Britain. Newman said that the genetic marker of this mutant Covid-19 reflects its characteristics of rapid spread, severe illness and high resistance to neutralizing antibodies. (CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)