Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

According to the report, this new strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly to the East Coast of the United States and has been the dominant strain across the world since mid-March, Chicago Tribune reports.

In addition to spreading faster, it may make people vulnerable to a second infection after a first bout with the disease, the report warned.

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