Five cases of new variant of coronavirus detected in Russia

Two new cases of infection with strain AY.4.2 were detected in Tatarstan. Scientists in Britain have warned that it could be up to 15% more contagious than Delta.

Two new cases of infection with the AY.4.2 CORONAVIRUS strain, a mutation of the delta strain, have been identified in RUSSIA, Rospotrebnadzor reported.

New infected were found in Tatarstan. Prior to this, the HEAD of the department, Anna Popova, reported three cases - in Moscow and the region.

“Five isolates of the new coronavirus have been identified, belonging to the subline of the delta AY.4.2 strain and having all significant genetic differences. Three of them were found in Moscow and the Moscow Region, and two more were obtained from patients in Kazan and the village of Bogatye Saby (Republic of Tatarstan),” said Kamil Khafizov, head of the scientific group for the development of new methods for diagnosing human diseases at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (quote from “ RIA News").

Scientists have warned about the spread in Britain of a strain more contagious than "delta" Society

The AY.4.2 strain is a variant of the delta strain of the coronavirus, which was first discovered in India. This variant could be 10% to 15% more contagious, experts from the Sanger Institute in Cambridge and the Institute of Genetics at University College London warned in mid-October. According to them, in the UK, the AY.4.2 strain accounts for almost 10% of all infections.