Cases of the new Coronavirus variant BA.2.75 have recently been detected in Japan, Germany, the UK, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand, report
Cases of the new Coronavirus variant BA.2.75 have recently been detected in Japan, Germany, the UK, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand, reported DW. The new mutation was first identified in India, where it has spread to at least two states and one territory so far. Researchers are calling it a “second-generation” variant because it developed from Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant. Global case numbers are low so far, making it hard to gather solid information about the virus’s sequencing. “There’s minimal data about this variant so far,” Ulrich Elling, a geneticist and molecular biologist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, told DW. “But it has a couple of attributes that have made us take notice.” The new subvariant has eight additional spike protein mutations compared to BA.2, its strain of origin. The location of these mutations has scientists concerned that BA.2.75 might be able to escape immunity people have built up against BA.2, reported DW.
In other words, someone who caught the BA.2 omicron strain could catch Covid again if they come in contact with BA.2.75. Elling stressed that so far, experts don’t know anything for sure about the new subvariant. But the fact that BA.2.75 was able to spread in at least three different regions of India, a country that has already experienced a BA.2 wave, seems to be another indicator of BA.2.75’s ability to escape immunity. Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London’s Department of Infectious Disease, wrote on Twitter that he believes BA.2.75’s many mutations and wide geographical spread make it “worth keeping a close eye on.” There are only around 70 recorded cases of BA.2.75 worldwide, according to Elling. But he also points out that testing has significantly decreased in many countries, and thus sequencing as well.
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In the last 24 hours 289 new cases of contagion and 1 death caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are below 300 in the last 24 hours, while there was 1 death reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
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