The novel coronavirus is mutating “very fast” in Bangladesh, according to researchers.

The rate of mutation of SARS-CoV-2 is 12.6 per sample in the country while the global average is 7.23 mutations per sample, the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research said.

The researchers published the findings at a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday after studying genome sequences of 263 samples.

“But the near double rate of mutation [than the global average] cannot be called concerning for public health. Virus mutates all the time. We need more research to find out how alarming the mutations are,” said Selim Khan, the head of BCSIR’s Genomic Research Lab.

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