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. 2022 Jun 10:331–347. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85156-5.00018-3

Table 16.1.

Types of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

S/No. Type Origin of the type Countries severely affected
1 Type A Original virus that infected humans from bats and pangolins in China. It mutated to give type B Australia, USA, Chile, India
2 Type B Developed in China, most spreaded type in China in December Europe–Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China
3 Type C Developed in China from type B Singapore, Italy, Hong Kong