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The IHU variant, which came out in the midst of the war with the Omicron variant of the corona virus, has put people in trouble. When the virus appears in its new form, it becomes even more difficult to fight it. Because it is not necessary that the treatment and vaccine will affect it, which the previous variants were doing.
The whole world is currently fighting against the new variant of Coronavirus, Omicron, in such a situation, IHU, another variant of COVID, has raised the concern of the people. Continuous research is being done to understand IHU. This variant is found in France. Explain that viruses mutate over time and produce different strains so that they can survive. The same is happening in the case of Corona as well.
According to the report of ‘Mirror’, when the virus appears in its new form, it becomes even more difficult to fight it. Because it is not necessary that the treatment and vaccine will affect it, which the previous variants were doing. It may also be possible that the new variant is more contagious than the old variant. In such a situation, the question is bound to be that how dangerous is IHU and how much need to be afraid of it?
Researchers at IHU Mediterranee Hospital in Marseille, South France have discovered this, hence this variant of Corona has been named IHU. A total of 12 cases have been found in France. Seven adults and five children are among the infected. Research has found that there are 46 mutants of this variant, which are more than Omicron. Experts say that it is too early to say more about this variant of the corona virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet considered it a ‘variant of concern’. Preliminary results make it less likely to be a ‘variant of concern’, but experts say it is too early to say anything at the moment. However, he also says that according to the research so far, there is no need to worry much about this variant of Corona. It predates Omicron, which has now caught the attention of the world.
As for symptoms, the study of the IHU variant showed that the first person diagnosed with it developed only mild respiratory symptoms. The variant, officially identified as B.1.640.2, was first reported in France in November and the person who was first infected had returned from a trip to Cameroon. Imperial College virologist Tom Peacock says that this variant has a chance to cause a lot of trouble, but fortunately it has not been seen so far. At the same time, American epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding said that new variants of the virus appear from time to time, but not necessarily every variant is dangerous.
