The WHO has said it is the 'most transmissible subvariant that has been detected yet'
In a briefing last week, the WHO's technical lead on Covid-19 Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said that Kraken has mutations that allow the virus to"adhere to the cell and replicate easily"."We are concerned about its growth advantage... It is rapidly replacing other sub-variants in some countries."Our concern is how transmissible it is. It does have immune escape like we've seen with XBB.
"But it is one of another sub-variant of Omicron that is in circulation and the more this virus circulates, the more opportunities it will have to change." Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is on the increase and has now been identified in more than 25 countries.
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