The word “COVID-19” is reflected in a droplet on the needle of a syringe in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase license rights
Aug 18 (Reuters) – The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday the first case of the BA.2.86 variant of COVID-19 had been detected in the country in a person with no recent travel history.
On Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. saying was tracking the new highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID.
The variant has also been identified in Israel, Denmark, and the United States.
(Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru Editing by Mark Potter)
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