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No Mexican virus variant

Mexico’s Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (InDRE) has ruled out the existence of a Mexican variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus after analyzing four samples in which a mutation was identified by University of Guadalajara (UdG) researchers.

Ash Wednesday rituals modified for Covid

Ahead of the beginning of Lent, on Wednesday, February 17, the Roman Catholic Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has published a note detailing how priests are to distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday.