Sars-CoV-2 offshoot
Always new variants: The most important corona mutants at a glance
Infographic on Corona variants: Mutations of Sars-CoV-2
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The corona virus is constantly developing new variants – probably now increasingly in China. the star-Infographic helps to keep track.
After a few months of the pandemic, the Sars-CoV-2 family tree split into variants, after which the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced names for them: Alpha to Delta, and then, in November 2021, Omicron. It stayed that way: Omikron has replaced practically all earlier variants and even formed sub-variants that are hardly manageable.
The graphic shows a small section with the most important mutants. All of them currently belong to the omicron family, including the two subvariants dominating the outbreak in China: BA.5.2 and BF.7. Since even experts are now confused in this tangle, nicknames, mostly from mythology, have become commonplace. So is BF.7 “Minotaur”.
Corona variant XBB.1.5. “Octopus” is on the rise
However, the WHO is particularly concerned about one mutant that is on the rise in North America: XBB.1.5. The “octopus” seems capable of spreading worldwide – with consequences that are difficult to predict. This also applies to what is happening in China. It is not mandatory, but possible, that more threatening variants of the virus will emerge again: Due to the extreme number of infections there, there are plenty of opportunities for mutations.
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