IHU: what the experts know about the B.1.640.2 variant found in France

While Omicron fuelled fear, the IHU strain has been met with a ‘shrug of the shoulders’

A health worker at a Covid-19 testing site in Marseille
A health worker at a Covid-19 testing site in Marseille
(Image credit: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

The World Health Organization has downplayed the threat of a new Covid variant with 46 mutations that was discovered in France.

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