{"id":69602,"date":"2022-01-05T06:51:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T06:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=69602"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T05:24:58","slug":"covid-19-new-variant-ihu-discovered-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/covid-19-new-variant-ihu-discovered-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 new variant \u2018IHU\u2019 discovered in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists and experts in&nbsp;<strong>France<\/strong>&nbsp;have reportedly identified a new variant of&nbsp;<strong>COVID-19<\/strong>&nbsp;termed&nbsp;<strong>\u2018IHU\u2019<\/strong>. The new variant is said to be a more mutated strain than&nbsp;<strong>Omicron.<\/strong>&nbsp;The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers believe that it contains 46 mutations. This has more mutations than the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The new variant has been associated with the African country Cameroon. France has reported at least 12 cases of this variant. But, the Omicron strain is still dominating in most parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new variant can be a major threat, however, the cases have not been reported so far in countries other than France and is not labelled as<strong>&nbsp;\u2018variant under investigation\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;by the&nbsp;<strong>World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists and experts in&nbsp;France&nbsp;have reportedly identified a new variant of&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;termed&nbsp;\u2018IHU\u2019. The new variant is said to be a more mutated strain than&nbsp;Omicron.&nbsp;The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers believe that it contains 46 mutations. This has more mutations than the Omicron variant of COVID-19. 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