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Researchers: Highly Changed Coronavirus Variant Found In Deer After Nearly A Year In Hiding

An Omicron-like variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 -- one that appears to be highly divergent from circulating strains and sticks out on a long branch of the virus' family tree -- has been discovered in a population of white-tailed deer in Ontario, Canada, according to a new study.
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