The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday the first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 had detected in the country in an individual with no recent travel history.
On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was tracking the new, highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID
The variant has also identified in Israel, Denmark and the United States
On Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was tracking the new, highly mutated variant of the virus that causes the disease.
The variant has also identified in Israel, Denmark and the United States.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it was tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes Covid-19 variant. The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel, the CDC said in a post on messaging platform X.
“As we learn more about BA.2.86, CDC’s advice on protecting yourself from Covid-19 remains the same,” the agency said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier on Thursday said in a post on X that it had classified BA.2.86 as a “variant under monitoring” due to the large number of mutations it carries.