Original title: COVID-19 variant strain IHU appears, Zhong Nanshan responds!
In response to the new COVID-19 mutant strain IHU, academician Zhong Nanshan said in an interview with reporters 6 days that there is no need to over interpret the variant strain IHU.
Zhong Nanshan said that Ihu has more mutation sites than Omicron. Theoretically, the immune escape ability of the vaccine and the resistance to some antibodies may be stronger.
Many of the new mutant strains are unknown and need to be closely observed.
One is to observe whether its transmission will become the mainstream, and the other is to observe its pathogenicity.
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COVID-19 variant strain IHU found in France
Local time on January 5th, according to a number of French media reports, last December 9th, the French Marseilles Mediterranean infectious disease medical and Teaching Research Institute said outside, found a new variant of COVID-19 strain, the virus number is B.1.640.2, also known as IHU strain.
The strain was first found in a patient who returned to France from Congo. According to previous reports, the Mediterranean Institute of infectious diseases medicine and teaching in Marseille found 12 cases of the virus infection. Due to the small number of samples, it is difficult to assess its infectivity and risk. The World Health Organization has listed the strain as a new crown variant to be observed.
Editor: Mingyan