France detects new COVID-19 variant 'IHU'

[Becky1951]

France detects new COVID-19 variant 'IHU', more infectious than Omicron: All we know about it​

The new variant — B.1.640.2 — which has been detected in 12 patients near Marseille, contains 46 mutations, making it more resistant to vaccines and infectious.​

Article at

https://www.firstpost.com

 

[IrisSenior]

The WHO has said that the French variant is not a variant of concern.

 

[CarolfromTX]

The WHO has said that the French variant is not a variant of concern.

Is this the same WHO that said the virus didn’t come from a lab? Okaythen, nothing to worry about. Yeah, that’s sarcasm.

 

[Don M.]

i suspect we will be seeing new "variants" of this virus, every 4 to 6 months....perhaps for several years. Perhaps, with the aid of these vaccines, each new strain will be less and less severe, until Covid becomes about as deadly as the annual flu.