Covid: The XD variant will be as infectious as Omicron and as virulent as Delta

The world is struggling to get out of this epidemic COVID-19and based on new variables keep appearing. If the variants are until then more contagious but less dangerous than the delta variant, the smaller worries the authorities, because it may beAs infectious as Omicron and virulent as Delta. We focus on The alternative is called XDIt is located in France.

At the beginning of February, the English warned of the Deltacron variant, a Reassemble of the two most important variables. Then the authorities believed that the person with this mutation had been contaminated with both the delta variable and the omicron variable.

Since then, the country’s health authorities have classified Deltacron in list mutations “On probation” And “under investigationFrom now on, this recombinant is called XD and according to a study by the Pasteur Institute, it will have The ability to escape from the immune system from Omicron and increased virulence from the delta variable.

It was first revealed at the beginning of January in northern France XD crawl in the territory and spread in Europe. in this time, 84 injuries With this variant it is identified in five countries including France. About hybridizationchimera, which took on the worst properties of each of the original variables.

A scientific test on mice with an XD-related infection gives particularly troubling results, as they all died within 9 days. However, unlike Omicron which developed very quickly, the XD variant had been present for three months in the area without infecting a significant number of people.