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  • New Coronavirus Variant XE Identified, Spreading in U.K.

    04/07/2022 5:27:19 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    Us news ^ | 04/07/2022 | Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder
    A new coronavirus variant that could be the most transmissible yet has been identified in the United Kingdom. The variant, known as XE, is a combination of the omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2. It was first detected in the U.K. on Jan. 19, according to the World Health Organization, though it has since been reported in India as well. As of late March, roughly 600 cases of it were identified.
  • A New Type of Omicron Has Now Emerged in Multiple Countries

    12/09/2021 8:12:06 AM PST · by Red Badger · 40 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 9 DECEMBER 2021 | MARIANNE GUENOT
    A new version of the Omicron coronavirus variant was designated on Tuesday that experts say will be harder to track because of its genetics. The new lineage, called BA.2, has been spotted seven times so far across South Africa, Australia, and Canada. BA.2 is genetically quite different from the original Omicron lineage, now called BA.1, which has been spreading across the world, said Francois Balloux, the director of the University College London Genetics Institute, per The Guardian. Crucially, it doesn't have the characteristic S-gene dropout mutation which allows Omicron BA.1 to be easily identified via PCR test results, the main...