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New Botswana variant with 32 ‘horrific’ mutations

Ricardo Kanono by Ricardo Kanono
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…The most evolved Covid strain EVER 

… Could be ‘worse than Delta’ — as expert says it may have emerged in an HIV patient

  • Only 10 cases of the strain — dubbed B.1.1.529 — have been spotted to date

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British experts have sounded the alarm over a new Covid variant believed to have emerged in Botswana that is the most mutated version of the virus yet.

Only 10 cases of the strain, which could eventually be named ‘Nu’, have been detected so far.  But it has already been spotted in three countries, suggesting the variant is more widespread. 

It carries 32 mutations, many of which suggest it is highly transmissible and vaccine-resistant and has more alterations to its spike protein than any other variant.

Professor Francois Balloux, a geneticist at University College London, said it likely emerged in a lingering infection in an immunocompromised patient, possibly someone with undiagnosed AIDS.

Changes to the spike make it difficult for current jabs to fight off, because they train the immune system to recognise an older version of this part of the virus. 

Dr Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College who first picked up on its spread, described the variant’s combination of mutations as ‘horrific’.

He warned that B.1.1.529, its scientific name, had the potential to be ‘worse than nearly anything else about’ — including the world-dominant Delta strain. 

Scientists told MailOnline, however, that its unprecedented number of mutations might work against it and make it ‘unstable’, preventing it from becoming widespread. 

They said there was ‘no need to be overly concerned’ because there were no signs yet that it was spreading rapidly.

Three infections have been detected in Botswana to date and six in South Africa — where variant surveillance is more robust.

One case has also been spotted in a 36-year-old man in Hong Kong who recently returned from the continent. There are no cases in Britain. But the UK Health Security Agency, which took over from Public Health England, said it was monitoring the situation closely. 

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the variant was ‘not seen as something that is an issue’ for the UK at present.

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