![]() ![]() ![]() While the new study is yet to be peer-reviewed, experts say the discovery underlines the risks of abandoning the basics of infection control. "Consider this a hurricane warning on the next potential variant." The authors note this coincides with the emergence pattern of other really bad VOC variants. It has a 1.7x to 1.8x faster mutation rate than the average of all other variants. It has mutated the greatest genetic distance from the original Wuhan 1.0 strain – and implies potential troubles for 1.0 vaccines. 1.2 variant has somehow mutated so fast and far that it is now the furthest mutated variant found to date. Photo / Getty ImagesĮpidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding said the research suggested the new variant has "mutated substantially" and is "more mutations away from the original virus than any other variant detected so far worldwide". The study shows the C 1.2 variant has mutated substantially. Scientists say it's also possible that people in the United Kingdom who were infected with the earlier variants could be vulnerable to reinfection. It could pose challenges to the first generation of vaccines. The Herald has contacted the Ministry of Health for comment on whether the variant has been confirmed in New Zealand. 1.2, first emerged in South Africa but has also been detected in England, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland. Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald PodcastĪ new Covid variant has been identified in South Africa and there are warnings it is worse than Delta.Ī new preprint study by South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases warns the new variant has "mutated substantially" and is more mutations away from the original virus detected in Wuhan than any other variant previously detected.Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills Podcast.The Resident Builder Podcast with Peter Wolfkamp.Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Podcast.Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave Podcast.Simon Barnett & James Daniels Afternoons Podcast. ![]()
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