The latest version of the COVID-19 virus can evade current vaccines and treatments
Here’s what we know so far about BA.2.75.2.BA.2.75.2, as its nomenclature suggests, emerged from the BA.2.75 subvariant. It’s growing quickly, particularly in India—although BA.2.75.2 accounts for only 0.5% of cases so far around the world. Because it shares many similarities with the existing subvariant, thehas not designated BA.2.75.
David Montefiori, a viral immunologist at Duke University Medical Center who oversees testing of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine’s effectiveness against new variants, is now studying how blood samples from people immunized with Moderna’s vaccine stand up against BA.2.75.2. In earlier studies against BA.2.75, the results were encouraging. In aon Sept. 9, he and his team reported that while levels of virus-fighting antibodies against BA.2.
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