UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) said on Friday (Sept 8) that 34 Covid-19 cases linked to the highly mutated variant BA.2.86 had been identified in England. The Omicron offshoot carries more than 35 mutations in key portions of the virus compared with XBB.1.5, the dominant variant through most of 2023, a number roughly on par with the Omicron variant that...
A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on Feb 18, 2020.UK Health Security Agency said on Friday that 34 Covid-19 cases linked to the highly mutated variant BA.2.86 had been identified in England.
Of the 34 confirmed cases identified as of Sept 4, five patients were hospitalised and no deaths had been linked to the new emerging variant. Moderna and rival Pfizer said on Wednesday their updated Covid-19 vaccines generated strong responses in testing against the BA.2.86 subvariant.
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