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As the fifth wave is in full swing in France, the arrival of a new variant begins to worry the whole world.
After the Delta variant, the Covid-19 could be declined in another form. Indeed, a mutation of the coronavirus that appeared in South Africa could also cause a lot of damage. If, the time is not yet to worry, it could be more dangerous than the Delta which has been raging for a few months. The new South African variant called Omicron is already a concern for the World Health Organization.
“We know that it is a virus carries many more mutations than those we have seen so far. These mutations are localized in regions which could allow the virus to spread better in the population, but also to escape antibodies. which are produced during vaccination “, explains Vincent Enouf, deputy director of the reference center for respiratory viruses, at the Institut Pasteur. A virus that could therefore revive the global epidemic.