Ihu Covid Variant 2022. New Variant of COVID: IHU, identified in France. IHU Variant is a new version of the coronavirus- See Details!
Another new Covid variant nicknamed "IHU" was identified in France in November around the same time as Omicron- but the World Health Organization believes it is not a threat. The first patient identified with the variant was vaccinated and had just returned from Cameroon, IHU researchers wrote in a paper published on the medRxiv server. The variant "has been on our radar," Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager on Covid, said at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.
WHO official downplays new IHU COVID variant discovered in France.
WHO said the variant was first identified in November and it has been on the radar since then.
The virus had a lot of chances to pick up, Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager on Covid, said. The variant "has been on our radar," Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager on COVID, said at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. The first patient identified with the variant was vaccinated and had just returned from Cameroon, IHU researchers wrote in a paper published on the medRxiv server.