It comes amid a spike in new variant BA.6 infections.
‘[This] has caught the attention of many experts because it has so many new mutations, some long associated with increased fitness and immune escape, and others entirely new,’ she said.
In recent weeks Covid cases have been soaring due to the arrival of Eris, officially labelled EG.5, a highly transmissible substrain of the Omicron variant, known as BA.5. However, some scientists have already dubbed the latest variant BA.6, suggesting it could be a distinct variant from Omicron. ‘So far, we have only three sequences although geographic spread means community transmission has occurred,’ said Professor Pagel. ‘It is still quite possible that this fizzles out – either because its hosts don’t happen to infect anyone or because, despite its novelty, it does not outcompete the current dominant XBB strains [Omicron substrains].’
‘However, this should act as a reminder that without ramping up surveillance, and in the face of waning immunity, we are travelling into winter more vulnerable and with blinkers on.’
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