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...