The British Health Agency (UKHSA) said that a new variant of the BA.2.86 coronavirus with a large number of mutations was first discovered in the UK. It has been reported DEA News.
The agency stressed that a new version is set in the UK on August 18.
“There is currently only one confirmed case in a person with no recent travel history, indicating some degree of contact infection within the UK,” the UKHSA said in a statement.
The new variant of the coronavirus has “a large number of mutations”, but the Agency does not yet have enough data to determine the extent of the body’s immune response and the severity of the disease. According to the Guardian newspaper, the new variant has “more than 30 mutations in the spike protein.”
Before that, Rospotrebnadzor declarationIt has been reported that no new strain of coronavirus VAC has been found in Russia.
II Mechnikov Vitaly Zverev, formerly scientific director of the Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, said in October that there may be an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia.
Previously at the Ministry of Health in your name Average life expectancy of Russians in 2023.