A new variant of the omicron strain has been discovered in China

A new variant of the omicron strain of coronavirus - BA.1.1 discovered in the east of China discovered.

The sub-variant will be analyzed and compared with other mutations.
According to the Chinese edition of Global Times, a new mutation was identified at the end of March. Specialists conducted its sequencing. But no highly homologous (i.e. similar in origin) sequences of the virus genome were found in the databases.
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it will take time to learn more about him.
Earlier, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the World Government Summit said that the coronavirus pandemic will definitely not be the last. According to him, the scale of losses when a new disease appears depends on how people learn the lessons of the current situation with covid.