The World Health Organization reported that the rate of spread of the new “mu” strain of coronavirus in the world is declining. However, experts will continue to monitor him.
The WHO also notes that they cannot yet provide data on the resistance of the “mu” strain to existing vaccines. To do this, experts will conduct additional research.
“Data provided by the WHO Working Group on the Evolution of Viruses indicate that the immunity developed as a result of previous infection or vaccination may not be as strong against this option. More research is needed to confirm this,” RIA Novosti said.
A new strain of coronavirus was identified in January 2021 in Colombia and is designated by the Greek letter “mu”. It ranks alongside the other strains of COVID-19 previously described – eta, iota, kappa and lambda.
The WHO has added the Colombian strain of coronavirus to the list of mutations of interest. Its danger is that mu has mutations that could make it more resistant to vaccines. It can also be more contagious and cause more severe symptoms when you get sick.
So far, cases of infection with this strain have been recorded in South America and Europe. At the moment, they do not exceed 0.1% of the total number of infections.
