New SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 detected: UKHSA releases initial risk assessment amid global concerns
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has unveiled its preliminary risk analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86, a strain first detected in the UK on 18 August. International traces of this variant have been found in countries including Israel, Denmark, and the US. Distinctively genomically distant from its likely progenitor, BA.2, and the prevalent XBB-derived […]
