Results
The SARS-CoV-2 surface glycoprotein is rapidly mutating
Multiple alignment of all sequences (retrieved: 22/03/2020) that were available in GenBank and GISAID for the surface glycoprotein of the SARS-CoV-2 protein from different isolates showed that there is a rapid emergence of mutations in the amino acid sequences (Figure 1). All the mutations were substitutions, except for one isolate from India which had a deletion of Y145del. The analysis showed that the mutations are scattered in isolates from different regions around the globe, with a significant proportion from European states (Supplementary Table 1). In total 63 different substitution mutations and 1 deletion were observed.