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France alerts world to new COVID-19 variant, IHU
5 years ago(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 23, 2021 a patient is tested for the novel coronavirus Covid-19 in Paris. - Nearly 300,000 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in France over the past 24 hours, French Health Minister Oliver Veran announced on January 4, 2022, in a context still marked by the outbreak of the Omicron variant. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
As the world grapples with the highly mutated Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new Coronavirus variant called IHU has emerged in France. Scientists identified the new strain, B.1.640.2, at the institute IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille.