Déjà vu: French scientists detect ANOTHER variant linked to travel to Cameroon and say it carries 46 mutations that may make it more vaccine-resistant and infectious (but it is so far NOT outcompeting Omicron)
Mutant strain has 46 mutations making it more vaccine resistant and infectious
But there is little sign that it is outcompeting the dominant Omicron variant
Some 12 cases have been spotted to date, linked to travel to Cameroon
Another Covid variant has been found in France, according to scientists.
The mutant strain has 46 mutations that are thought to make it both more vaccine-resistant and infectious than the original virus.
Some 12 cases have been spotted so far near Marseille, with the first linked to travel to the African country Cameroon.
But there is little sign that it is outcompeting the dominant Omicron variant, which now makes up more than 60 per cent of cases in France.
The strain was discovered by academics based at the IHU Mediterranee Infection on December 10, but has not spread rapidly since.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10365005/Covid-tracking-scientists-France-spot-variant.html