Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.
— that's what viruses do.
Infected cells in the body produce billions of copies of the virus, and sometimes that process goes wrong and produces a mutation. "You always have mutations building up over time. That holds true for China, just like it holds true for the rest of the world," says clinical virologist Siddharth Sridhar, from the University of Hong Kong.
With a population of 1.4 billion — nearly 20 per cent of the entire globe — China provides a lot of opportunities for transmission and mutation. One more thing: COVID-19 policy U-turn leaves workers in China's massive testing industry in the lurch
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