Uutta omicron varianttia näemmä tulossa.
BA. 2.75. Intiassa havaittu ensin.
Artikkelista:
"The new subvariant has eight additional spike protein mutations compared to BA.2, its strain of origin. The location of these mutations has scientists concerned that BA.2.75 might be able to escape immunity people have built up against BA.2.
In other words, someone who caught the BA.2 omicron strain could catch COVID again if they come in contact with BA.2.75.
Elling stressed that so far, experts don’t know anything for sure about the new subvariant. But the fact that BA.2.75 was able to spread in at least three different regions of India, a country that has already experienced a BA.2 wave, seems to be another indicator of BA.2.75’s ability to escape immunity."