New COVID causing variant tracked in the US, Denmark and Israel by US CDC

US' Center for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the lineage of the new mutated variant of COVID causing coronavirus.


 BA.2.86 has been classified as a “variant under monitoring” by Worl Health Organization (WHO) due to the large number of mutations it carries.

The COVID-19 virus has undergone significant mutations recently, according to a statement made on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.

The CDC announced on Twitter(X) that the new lineage of the virus, known as BA.2.86, has been found in Israel, Denmark, and the United States.

According to the organization, "CDC's advice on protecting yourself from COVID-19 remains the same as we learn more about BA.2.86."





According to a tweet from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, BA.2.86 has been labeled a "variant under monitoring" because of the significant number of mutations it possesses.

WHO states that only a small number of sequences of the variation have thus far been reported in a small number of nations.

 


This new lineage has 36 mutations (variations) from the XBB.1.5 COVID variant, which is currently prevalent. Dr.S. Wesley Long, Houston Methodist's medical director of diagnostic microbiology, said that it "harkens back to an earlier branch."

Whether BA.2.86 will defeat other virus strains or evade immune reactions from earlier infections or vaccinations needs to be seen.

The new version "will have equal or greater escape than XBB.1.5 from antibodies elicited by pre-Omicron and first-generation Omicron variants," according to preliminary data, according to Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

Notably, the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 will be the focus of the vaccinations in subsequent COVID booster injections.

 

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