London: Another new variant of the corona virus’s omicron BA.4.6 has been found, which was earlier spreading rapidly in the US, now patients infected with it have also been confirmed in Britain.
The UK’s Health Protection Agency (UKHSA) has said in its report on covid variants that after August 14, samples of corona virus have been tested confirmed to have confirmed the new variant of Covid-19, Omicron BA.4.6. This new variant has been found in 3.3% of the samples that came for investigation. It is likely to spread rapidly.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the new variant of Omicron, BA.4.6, is expected to spread rapidly in the US. In recent times, there has been a 9% increase of its cases in the US. Not only this, this new variant of Omicron has also been identified in many other countries around the world. So far it is difficult to say how dangerous it can prove to be.
What is the new BA.4.6 variant of Omicron?
The new variant of the corona virus, omicron BA.4.6, is a new form of the earlier variant BA.4. BA.4 was first detected in South Africa in January 2022 and since then it has muted several times as a BA.5 variant and now has a new form BA.4.6. At the moment it is not entirely clear where BA.4.6 came from.
It is possible that this new variant of Omicron can also be dangerous. When two different types of SARS-CoV-2 infect the same person at the same time, it is called recombination.
The investigation report shows that BA.4.6 will be similar to BA.4 in many ways, also changing itself in the same way as spike protein. All variants of the coronavirus enter our cells due to proteins frozen on their surface. After mutating, viruses become more powerful and weaken the immune system by attacking our antibodies. New viruses also protect themselves from antibodies made from Covid vaccine
How dangerous will this new variant of Omicron be
Fortunately, infection with the new variant of Omicron has caused less severe disease so far and we have seen fewer deaths than before from Omicron. In such a situation, experts expect that this will also apply to BA.4.6. In fact, there has been no report yet on how dangerous this new version of Corona will be.