Coronavirus spawns yet another super contagious Omicron mutant that's worrying scientists, as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including US
Health workers collect swab samples from commuters for Covid-19 coronavirus screening after a surge in the number of infections in eastern Kolkata city.
"It’s still really early on for us to draw too many conclusions," said Matthew Binnicker, director of clinical virology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. "But it does look like, especially in India, the rates of transmission are showing kind of that exponential increase.
Two cases were recently identified on the West Coast of the US, and Helix identified a third US case last week.Concerns over trajectory of pandemic Another concern is that the genetic tweaks may make it easier for the virus to skirt past antibodies — protective proteins made by the body in response to a vaccine or infection from an earlier variant.In the fall it's likely the US will see updated formulations of the vaccine being developed that target more recent Omicron strains.
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