Early testing suggests variant BA.2.86 has been detected in US wastewater, CDC report says

A new highly mutated coronavirus variant, BA.2.86, has been identified in wastewater in the United States. CNN —

Preliminary testing of wastewater in the United States has detected the new highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86, according to a risk assessment posted Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC did not give details on where the positive wastewater sample had been collected but said it was part of routine monitoring through its National Wastewater Surveillance System. It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say Around the world, nine sequences of the […]

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