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New coronavirus mutations raising concerns worldwide

New coronavirus variants have been detected in the U.K., South Africa and Nigeria in just the last week. All are apparently more transmissible than the common coronavirus, but there is no evidence that they are more deadly. Susan Weiss, professor of microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Jeff Pegues on CBSN to break down what we know about the evolving disease.
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