The World Health Organization has downgraded three COVID-19 mutations from being 'variants of concern' to 'variants under monitoring' after their circulation was hindered by other variants, primarily the Delta variant.
The World Health Organization has downgraded three COVID-19 mutations from being"variants of concern" to"variants under monitoring" after their circulation was hindered by other variants, primarily the Delta variant.WHO
"The variants of interest are just outcompeted by the variants of concern. They're just not taking hold," Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's COVID-19 technical lead, said on Tuesday. Iota has proven to be the most prevalent of the three variants, but still only reached a peak of 3 percent of all sequences. Kappa peaked at 1 percent and Eta never broke the 1 percent mark. All three have since seen a significant decline in transmission, indicating that there's either very low or no circulation in areas that previously reported the bulk of cases.
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