COVID variant news: What is the A.30 variant? Is it dangerous? – Deseret News

Scientists in Germany warned in a new study that an older COVID-19 variant can evade coronavirus vaccines, spelling potential trouble if the variant were to ever resurface.

Per Newsweek, the scientists said the A.30 variant can evade the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

Data from GISAID show about five cases of the A.30 variant exist throughout the world.

The scientists in Germany said the A.30 variant warrants close monitoring and rapid installment of countermeasures even if its not spreading widely.

COVID-19 variants have not worried experts in recent weeks because the delta variant appeared to knock them out of contention, stopping them from spreading fast, as I wrote for the Deseret News.

However, experts have been monitoring a delta variant subtype called AY.4.2 that has been spreading in England, per Business Insider.

The variant has created a small rise of COVID-19 cases in the U.K. And thats why Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said experts should monitor the variant to make sure it doesnt spread.

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