WHO, US health authorities tracking new Covid-19 variant BA.2.86

- The World Health Organisation and US health authorities said on Friday that they are closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is currently unknown.

Dr Francois Balloux, professor of computational systems biology at University College London, said the attention attracted by the new variant was warranted. “Over the coming weeks we will see how well BA.2.86 will be faring relative to other Omicron subvariants,” he said. “Most people on earth have now been vaccinated and/or infected by the virus,” he said, pointing out that even if people were reinfected with the new variant, “immune memory will still allow their immune system to kick in and control the infection far more effectively”.

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