Discussion: In addition, as a result of the successful vaccination program in Israel that started already in December 2020, the number of overall infected individuals drastically declined, such that by April 2021 the B.1.362+
L452R variant was completely diminished.
Discussion: In addition, viral variants carrying the
L452R mutation such as the Epsilon and Delta variants have been shown to have a 6.7 and a 5.8-fold reduction in neutralization against WT virus, respectively.