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NEW COVID-19 VARIANT 'IHU' DISCOVERED IN FRANCE, IS MORE INFECTIOUS THAN OMICRON

The scientists have linked the IHU variant to travel with Cameroon. It was first
detected on December 10, but the WHO has still not labelled it as a variant
under investigation. At least 12 cases of the new variant have been reported
near Marseilles.
People wait in line outside a community vaccination centre administering the
BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Hong Kong, on Tuesday.(Bloomberg Photo)
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The world is still grappling with the highly mutated strain of coronavirus,
called Omicron, which has been leading a surge in Covid-19 infection across the
globe. And now, scientists in France have identified a new, more mutated strain
that Omicron.



Also Read | Can Omicron's ‘immunity’ end Covid-19 pandemic? Experts hint at
‘silver lining’

Named IHU, the B.1.640.2 variant was discovered by the academics at institute
IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers say that it contains 46 mutations – even
more than Omicron – which makes it more resistant to vaccines and infectious.

At least 12 cases of the new variant have been reported near Marseilles, and has
been linked to travel to the African country Cameroon.

However, then Omicron variant is still the dominant strain in most parts of the
world. However, IHU variant’s threat is rapidly rising.

The B.1.640.2 has not been spotted in other countries or labelled a variant
under investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Also Read | No way to distinguish Omicron cases from Delta, US doctors in a fix




According to a paper posted on medRxiv, the genomes were obtained by
next-generation sequencing with Oxford Nanopore Technologies on GridION
instruments.

“Fourteen amino acid substitutions, including N501Y and E484K, and 9 deletions
are located in the spike protein. This genotype pattern led to create a new
Pangolin lineage named B.1.640.2, which is a phylogenetic sister group to the
old B.1.640 lineage renamed B.1.640.1,” the research paper said.

Epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding posted a long Twitter thread in which he said
that new variants keep emerging but it does not necessarily mean they will be
more dangerous. “What makes a variant more well-known and dangerous is its
ability to multiply because of the number of mutations it has in relation to the
original virus,” he said.


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> 6) There are scores of new variants discovered all the time, but it does not
> necessarily mean they will be more dangerous. What makes a variant more
> well-known and dangerous is its ability to multiply because of the number of
> mutations it has in relation to the original virus.
> 
> — Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 3, 2022

“This is when it becomes a "variant of concern" - like Omicron, which is more
contagious and more past immunity evasive. It remains to be seen in which
category this new variant will fall,” the doctor further said.

The Omicron variant was detected in a sample taken from South Africa on November
24 last year. Since then, it has spread to more than 100 countries. In India, it
has infected nearly 1,900 people.



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