Iran Press/ Europe: The World Health Organisation has said that it is closely monitoring a new coronavirus "variant of interest" named Mu, warning that the new variant shows signs of possible resistance to vaccines.
According to the WHO’s weekly bulletin on the pandemic, the Mu variant “has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape”. Preliminary data suggests it may evade immune defences in a similar way to the Beta variant first discovered in South Africa, the report adds, but this needs to be confirmed by further work.
A new coronavirus variant known as "Mu," identified first in Colombia in January, has now become the country's predominant strain and behind its deadliest pandemic wave yet, a health official said. 219
