N.B. monitors deer for COVID-19 after study finds 'nearly extinct' variants mutating

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New Brunswick is keeping an eye out for COVID-19 strains in white-tailed deer after a recent study in the U.S. found mutations of SARS-CoV-2 variants in deer that no longer circulate among people, raising questions about whether the animals could transmit the virus back to people.

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N.B. monitors deer for COVID-19 after study finds 'nearly extinct' variants mutating