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  • France detects new COVID-19 variant IHU

    France detects new COVID-19 variant IHU

    While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron, strain of Covid, scientists in France have identified a potentially worrying new variant, which has 46 mutations. Named IHU, the new B.1.640.2 variant has so far infected 12 people living in southeastern France, according to independent.co.uk. The first case was linked to a person with a…