The World health Organization (WHO) categorized the ‘Mu' variation of the coronavirus as a “variant of concern” last November, and finland has reported the first case of it. Even though the ‘Mu' version of the coronavirus has now been found in as many as 39 nations outside of finland, according to a study citing Finnish scientists, the variant poses no additional hazards compared to the other forms of the virus that causes the communicable diseases.

According to the paper, Turku university virology professor Ilkka Julkunen said, "All variations that can defy protection imparted by a past infection or vaccine-provided immunity are potentially alarming, or ones that we have to monitor." “The ‘Mu' variation suffers from the same problem.” The WHO has identified the Mu version of the coronavirus as the source of an increasing number of Covid-19 infections in colombia and other countries in South America. The variant, identified as B.1.621, "has been designated as a Variant of Interest because it possesses several alterations that need to be explored for their possible impact on the body's immunological response," according to the researchers.

Mu has caused several major outbreaks in South America and Europe, according to a WHO Bulletin released earlier this month. Despite the fact that the frequency of Mu-identified genetic sequences has dropped below 0.1 percent worldwide, Mu accounts for 39 percent of variants analysed in colombia and 13 percent in Ecuador, regions where its prevalence has "consistently increased," according to WHO.

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19/09/2021 03:42 PM