The new variant is believed to be more infectious than Omicron. | ITV National News
has worried scientists in the US and UK amid fears it could be spreading quicker than researchers can keep up with.
The name is unofficial and has not been given a specific designation by the World Health Organisation like Alpha or Omicron.It has not yet been classified as a "variant of concern" in the UK but scientists have expressed fears over the unusually high number of mutations within the strain.So far scientists have said they are reasonably confident it is more infectious than Omicron, which at the time of its discovery in 2021 was considered far more transmissible than previous strains.
This is what caused Omicron to spread so rapidly, and Priola is a variant of Omicron with an even higher number of mutations.
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