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New variant of Covid-19 in France
Approximately 12 people have been detected with the new variant of the coronavirus
This new variant of COVID-19 was identified at the beginning of December 2021, by a group of French researchers, who qualified it as an "IHU Variant" named B.1.640.2.
The researchers who made the discovery belong to the University Hospital Institute of Marseille, which is why they named the variant with its initials.
Content of the new variant
A peculiar element in the IHU is that it contains 46 mutations with it, thus determining, more dangerous than omicron.
These 46 mutations are confirmed by the 12 carriers, who were strictly analyzed, and in addition to presenting these, they have 37 deletions, which is not similar to any of the variants already developed, such as delta, omicron or mu.
It is important to highlight that one of its different mutations is associated with a possible increase in the transmission of the virus.
Origins of the new variant
Although it was officially identified a few weeks ago by French scientists, it is known that its origins derive from another virus, and that its first cases were reported in the month of September, in the year 2021 in the Republic of Congo.
In addition to this, the researchers in charge reported that little is still known about this new variant, since the infected have been few, however what they have analyzed is to be concerned.
On the part of the center specialized in infectious diseases, directed and founded by the doctor Didier Raoult, the first cases were known in the town of Forcalquier, an area located in the department of Alpes de Haute Provence.
