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New highly-mutated Covid variant BA.2.86 found in UK and other countries

16 August 2023

Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics) comments on social media that the new BA.2.86 coronavirus variant has a "LOT of new mutations that makes it v different to previous Omicron strains", meaning it was "potentially more able to cause a big wave".

Read: Mirror (1), More: Mirror (2), Mail Online