New Covid Variant With Multiple Mutations Discovered In France (Update)

 

Forbes: New ‘IHU’ B.1.640.2 Covid-19 Coronavirus Variant Detected In France 

One thing that’s clear about the Covid-19 coronavirus, it can mutate. And mutate. And mutate. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that yet another new variant has been detected in France with 46 mutations and 37 deletions in its genetic code, many affecting the spike protein. This variant currently bears the name B.1.640.2, which may look like the beginning of a phone number in New Jersey. It’s also been temporarily dubbed the “variant IHU” because a team from the Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute (IHU) in Marseilles, France, was the first to report the variant in a pre-print uploaded to MedRxiv on December 29.  

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WNU Editor: Health officials are now saying the same thing that they did before the Omicron variant started to spread. There is no need to be concerned right now .... WHO official downplays new IHU COVID variant discovered in France (NYPost). 

New Covid Variant With Multiple Mutations Discovered In France (Update)  

New COVID-19 variant found in France nicknamed IHU: report -- FOX News  

New variant with multiple mutations discovered in France -- The Hill  

New COVID variant ‘IHU’ with 46 mutations detected in France -- Daily News  

New coronavirus variant identified in France -- DW  

Another COVID Variant: IHU Strain Detected In France, 12 Infections Already Reported -- IBTimes  

WHO: IHU variant 'had a lot of chances to pick up,' but didn't. What to know about the new COVID strain. -- USA Today