Posted on Sep 3, 2023
New COVID variant BA.2.86 is now in 5 states. Here's what to know
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More health officials across the U.S. are reporting new cases of the COVID variant BA.2.86.
On Thursday, a genome sequencing team at Houston Methodist Hospital said it had identified the first case in Texas, a member of team wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. On the same day, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff confirmed that one case has been detected in his state.
These states join Michigan, New York and Virginia, according to health officials and the open global genome sequencing database GISAID.
On Thursday, a genome sequencing team at Houston Methodist Hospital said it had identified the first case in Texas, a member of team wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. On the same day, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff confirmed that one case has been detected in his state.
These states join Michigan, New York and Virginia, according to health officials and the open global genome sequencing database GISAID.
New COVID variant BA.2.86 is now in 5 states. Here's what to know
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Quite the evolutionary jump. We shall see just how these genetic changes affects the human body. We still seem to be trending into a non threading illness. After all there is no benefit to the virus in killing or disabling the host as that reduces its chances to spread and develop.
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