New Covid-19 variant with increased resistance to antibodies has been identified at a Kentucky nursing home where it has infected 45 residents and workers Strain's mutations improve 'transmission, replication, and immune suppression' The Covid variant was first identified in Japan and is known as R.1 It shares a spike protein found on the highly infectious Delta variant The strain 'is one to watch' and has already 'established a foothold in the US'
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