Category: BA2.86

New COVID Variant Spreading In US, Experts Explain Risks (Or Lack Thereof)

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NOV 30, 2023 – Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times Compared to Eris, BA.2.86 has a significantly lower growth efficiency, meaning that it is less capable of replicating itself in the human bodies. The new BA.2.86 variant, unofficially known as Pirola is taking hold in the United States. Between Oct. 28 to Nov. […]

New COVID Variant Is a ‘Paper Tiger’: Infectious Disease Expert 

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But doctors also say there is much more to learn about the variant BA.2.86 Published 09/13/23 05:05 PM Diane Herbst The highly mutated new COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 has not yet caused profound illness and death, leading one California infectious disease expert to describe it as a “paper tiger.” University of California, San Francisco’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong said during a COVID […]

Will BA.2.86 (‘Pirola’), the New Coronavirus Variant, Increase COVID-19 Cases?

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BY CARRIE MACMILLAN AUGUST 31, 2023 A new coronavirus variant is raising alarm, but much about it remains unknown Note: Information in this article was accurate at the time of original publication. Because information about COVID-19 changes rapidly, we encourage you to visit the websites of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization […]

New COVID Variant More Likely to Infect Vaccinated

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Wednesday, 23 August 2023 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday the new BA.2.86 lineage of coronavirus may be more infective than older variants in causing infection in people who have  received vaccines and boosters. CDC said it was too soon to know whether this might cause more severe illness […]

EXCLUSIVE: BA.2.86 Covid variant IS spreading in the US: Virginia resident who traveled from Japan becomes second US patient to be infected with mutant strain – as experts say case is just the tip of the iceberg

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LUKE ANDREWS HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM, 22 August A second American tested positive for the new highly-mutated BA.2.86 Covid variant that has been causing global alarm over its rapid transmission. The positive case was detected in an asymptomatic patient in Virginia who was tested August 10 after returning to the US from Japan.  Scientists identified the case in […]

EXCLUSIVE: BA.2.86 Covid variant IS spreading in the US: Virginia resident who traveled from Japan becomes second US patient to be infected with mutant strain – as experts say case is just the tip of the iceberg

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By LUKE ANDREWS HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM UPDATED: 15:35 EDT, 22 August 202 A second American tested positive for the new highly-mutated BA.2.86 Covid variant that has been causing global alarm over its rapid transmission. The positive case was detected in an asymptomatic patient in Virginia who was tested August 10 after returning to the US from Japan.  Scientists identified […]