A new variant of the omicron strain of
CORONAVIRUS infection BA.2.86 has been discovered in Switzerland and South Africa, as well as in Israel, Denmark, the
usa and the UK . This was announced in an interview with
REUTERS by Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on
covid-19 . The sequencing of this variant of the omicron strain was announced on August 18 by the
DIRECTOR general of the organizatio...