Iran Press/ Europe: "For the first time, a case of the new variant of coronavirus has been identified in Russia," Anna Popova told Russia 1 on Sunday.
She noted that the mutated virus was detected in a Russian national who had recently returned from Britain.
A major D614G mutation in the Coronavirus was seen in the UK a few months ago, and another new variant was seen last month in which the virus became more contagious.
According to the latest announcement of the Covid-19 Disease Headquarters in Russia, with the death of 456 patients with coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours, the number of deaths in Russia has reached 61,737 and 3,401,000 people have been tested positive. 219
