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New Covid-19 mutant strain raises concerns as it spreads rapidly within India: Report

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AP report, the quickly changing Covid-19 virus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it spreads through India and in other countries, including the United States.  “Scientists say the variant, called BA.2.75, may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and previous infection.

It’s unclear whether it could cause more serious disease than other omicron variants, including the globally prominent BA.5," the report said.

Commenting on the new virus, Matthew Binnicker, director of clinical virology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota has said, “it’s still really early on for us to draw too many conclusions.

But it does look like, especially in India, the rates of transmission are showing kind of that exponential increase." However, whether it will outcompete BA.5 is yet to be determined, he added.

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