This headline is highly misleading! 33 mutations were identified in the study but this does NOT equate to 30 different strains. Only 11 viral isolates were sequenced so it's not even logical. #FactsNotFear #COVID19 #genomics @DavidMercerSky https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-has-mutated-into-more-than-30-strains-say-scientists-in-china-11976380
Here is the link to the preprint. 11 patient derived viral isolates sequenced on @illumina NovaSeq & compared to @gisaid database. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20060160v1
Just realized this headline is repeated in multiple news articles. @nypost @christocarbone please correct your headline. https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-has-mutated-into-at-least-30-different-strains-study/amp/
There are too many news articles with this headline to list individually. For anyone who wants to be educated on this, please read this thread by @trvrb https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1244750382338719745?s=20