Scientists in France have identified a new strain of coronavirus named IHU Variant.<\/span><\/p>\n IHU is another variant of COVID-19 inducing coronavirus. <\/span>The variant<\/span> is a sub-lineage of the B.1.640. <\/b>Hence, that’s why, it has been classified as<\/span> B.1.640.2.<\/b><\/p>\n The variant was reported to have 46 mutations, <\/b>which is<\/span> more than Omicron. Many of these mutations affect the spike protein.<\/span><\/p>\n It has been named IHU in reference to the institute to which the researchers belong.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>variant was found in a man from France who had returned from Cameroon in Africa (the continent where Omicron was also discovered.<\/span><\/p>\n Till now, only France has reported a dozen cases. No other country has detected any new cases of the new variant. That is why, WHO has not yet called this IHU variant a variant of interest<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a variant of concern<\/a><\/strong><\/span> or even a variant under investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n B.1.640 is a variant of Covid-19. It was first detected in January 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n The highest number of cases of the B.1.640 variant has been reported from France, followed by Congo, Germany and the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n WHO had designated this variant as a variant under monitoring (VUM) meaning that it has potential to pose a future risk, but more monitoring, evidence and studies are needed.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u2018\u2018IHU\u2019 variant of Covid-19: few cases, limited spread<\/b>\u2019<\/b> published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on 6th<\/sup> Jan 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Scientists in France have identified a new strain of coronavirus named IHU Variant. What is the IHU Variant? IHU is another variant of COVID-19 inducing coronavirus. The variant is a sub-lineage of the B.1.640. Hence, that’s why, it has been classified as B.1.640.2. The variant was reported to have 46 mutations,… Continue reading \u2018IHU\u2019 variant of Covid-19: few cases, limited spread<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-158945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700780488,"cached_date":1704912219},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is the IHU Variant?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Where was the IHU Variant first detected?<\/b><\/h5>\n
How is the IHU Variant spreading? <\/b><\/h5>\n
What is B.1.640 variant?\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n