Next up , BA.2.75, Centaurus
https://www.who.int/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/99655
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2022/07/11/ba275-a-dark-horse-in-the-covid-pandemic/
India, early May, spreading fast (50%)
(India has low levels of BA.5)
Seems to be displacing previous omicrons
Looks like an influenza type model will not work
Detected in the Bay area, UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, Netherlands
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea
variant under monitoring 7th July
Nine new spike protein mutations
Amino acid changes, evade some neutralizing antibodies
G446S, RBD (was Glycine now Serine)
Individual response will be influenced by immune history
BA.1 immunity, may be protective
https://www.who.int/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/99655
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2022/07/11/ba275-a-dark-horse-in-the-covid-pandemic/
India, early May, spreading fast (50%)
(India has low levels of BA.5)
Seems to be displacing previous omicrons
Looks like an influenza type model will not work
Detected in the Bay area, UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, Netherlands
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea
variant under monitoring 7th July
Nine new spike protein mutations
Amino acid changes, evade some neutralizing antibodies
G446S, RBD (was Glycine now Serine)
Individual response will be influenced by immune history
BA.1 immunity, may be protective
