Not much is known about BA.2.86, which was first spotted by virus trackers earlier this week and has already been detected in four countries.
A new COVID-19 lineage is being monitored by global health officials due to its large number of mutations that could make it tougher to prevent and treat.
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency said on Saturday that the first case of the variant had been detected in the country in an individual with no recent travel history. BA.2.86’s mutations give it “all the hallmark features of something that could take off”, Kristian Andersen, a Scripps Research immunologist and microbiologist, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter., but the new lineage has more than 30 mutations on its spike protein, according to Ryan Hisner, an independent researcher who has closely tracked COVID’s evolution. That could make the strain better at evading immunity from vaccines and past infections.Eris, formally called EG.
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