Variants of SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia Historically, the WHO regularly listed updates on variants of concern (VOC), which are variants with an increased rate of transmission, virulence, or resistance against mitigations, like vaccines
New COVID variant with immune escape potential confirmed in US, 22 . . . The highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 BA 3 2 variant, which has been reported by at least 23 countries as of February 11, has been detected in nasal swabs collected from four US travelers, clinical samples from five patients, three airplane wastewater samples, and 132 wastewater surveillance samples from 25
Variants and Genomic Surveillance | COVID-19 | CDC Some variants will emerge and disappear, while others will emerge and continue to spread and may replace previous variants It is important to track the emergence of variants so that those of interest can be further characterized in the lab to determine if they evade immunity and how they spread
New COVID variant BA. 3. 2 found in 25 states: What are symptoms? A new COVID variant known as BA 3 2 has been detected across 25 U S states and may make immunity from vaccines or past infections less effective BA 3 2 is a heavily mutated subvariant of Omicron
CoVariants Here, you can find out what mutations define a variant, what impact they might have (with links to papers and resources), where variants are found, and see the variants in Nextstrain builds!