covid variant

Currently one variant of the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 is creating concern in the US. The Covid delta variant that was originally discovered in India is now spreading around the world.

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A variant is a viral genome genetic code that may contain one or more mutations.

. SARS-CoV-2 has many lineages. 1 day agoOmicron a new Covid-19 variant with high number of mutations sparks travel bans and worries scientists By David McKenzie Ghazi Balkiz Ivana Kottasová and Laura Smith-Spark. These additional variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been de-escalated based on at least one the following criteria.

The Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than earlier forms of the virus that causes COVID-19. Vaccines continue to reduce a persons risk of contracting the virus that causes COVID-19 including this variant. 1 the variant is no longer circulating 2 the variant has been circulating for a long time without any impact on the overall epidemiological situation 3 scientific evidence demonstrates that the variant is not associated with any concerning properties.

This variant is now the most common COVID-19 variant in the US. A variant of interest is a coronavirus variant that compared to earlier forms of the virus has genetic characteristics that predict greater transmissibility evasion of immunity or diagnostic testing or more severe disease. Delta has become the dominant strain in some countries such.

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