WHO tracking new Covid variant BA. X amid fears it could lead to new explosion of cases The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring a new coronavirus variant that could potentially lead to a rise in Covid-19 cases.
The BA.X strain which is also known as BA.2.86, was placed under the health body’s monitoring list on Thursday due to the “large number of mutations it carries”.
Only three cases of the new strain have been detected in Denmark and Israel and later another was found in the US. The Independent
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