While Germany is worried about Omikron, the next Corona ghost could knock on the door. A new Corona mutant has appeared in France.
Marseille – First Delta, now Omikron – is the next Corona mutant already making its way in Europe? In any case, there seems to be this message from France. According to media reports, a new Corona variant has been detected there that was not previously known or occurred in Europe. The classification of the new Corona mutant is B.1.640.2 and has not yet had a “sonorous” name like the other Corona variants.
New corona mutant discovered in France: a person from southern France with B.1.640.2 returned after a stay in Cameroon
According to the experts at IHU Mediterranee Infection in Marseille, B.1.640.2 is not yet known. Apparently, according to matching media reports, a person from southern France is said to have returned after a stay in Cameroon with the new Corona variant B.1.640.2 and therefore infected twelve other people. According to the IHU experts, the tests showed an “atypical combination of mutations”.
New corona mutant B.1.640.2 discovered in France: more mutations on the spike protein than omicron – new study not yet conclusive
A new corona study dealt with the corona mutant B.1.640.2 at the end of December 2022. In the preprint study, which has not yet been checked by independent experts, the researchers say there are 46 mutations in the spike protein. This fact means that the new Corona variant has nine more mutations than Omicron, in which 37 were counted.
However, due to the small number of proven cases and thus the small circle in which the study moves, the data are by no means conclusive.
New Corona mutant in France: Another item on the agenda of the upcoming Corona summit?
A message that, with a view to the upcoming Corona summit on Friday, January 7, 2022, is likely to attract a great deal of attention in politics around Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who had already promised possible new Corona rules * in advance. The SPD politician Lauterbach had recently made clear statements about a contamination of Omikron in society *. The next corona variant could now follow directly on foot before the omicron wave has even been contained. * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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