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Scientists warn of new covid variants after discovery of Omicron in deer

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coronavirus infections and were vulnerable to repeated reinfections with new variants, researchers led by Pennsylvania State University scientists said. “Circulation of the virus in an animal population always raises the possibility of getting back to humans, but more importantly it provides more opportunities for the virus to evolve into novel variants," said Suresh Kuchipudi, a Penn State veterinary microbiologist. "When the virus completely mutates, then it can escape the protection of the current vaccine.

So we'd have to change the vaccine again," Kuchipudi said. The discovery - the first time Omicron was detected in a wild animal - comes as a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the variant are abating among the U.S.

human population. While there is no evidence that animals are transmitting the virus to humans, most coronavirus infections were reported in species that had close contact with a person with COVID-19, according to the U.S.

Department of Agriculture. In August, the U.S. government said it found the world's first cases of COVID-19 in wild deer in Ohio, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease.

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