Newly Emerging, Highly Contagious Covid Variant Hv.1 Is Sweeping The US
The new, extremely contagious Covid-19 variety, HV.1, is spreading across the US. Other strains, such as EG.5 nicknamed Eris, which is the dominant strain globally, are being dominated by this variation.
Since the end of October, more over 25% of COVID-19 cases have been linked to HV.1. Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that during the two weeks that ended on October 28, the variation was thought to be responsible for 25.2% of all newly confirmed cases.
To be ready for a potential winter surge, officials have started looking into the variant.
Following HV.1, EG.5, also known as Fornax, FL.1.5.1, and XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, were the most prevalent variants in the states. The most common strains of COVID-19 in the United States are all Omicron offshoots.
In an interview, Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, remarked, “You can almost think of HV.1 as a grandchild of omicron.”
The viruses in the COVID family like to mutate. By now, we’ve all figured that out. He continued, “HV.1 is still extremely close to the current omicron subvariants.
According to CDC data, in late July, HV.1 was responsible for barely 0.5% of COVID-19 cases; by September 30, that number had increased to 12.5%; and by November, it was the most prevalent train in the US.
Dr. William has specified a number of symptoms, including sore throat, runny nose, headache, muscle aches, chills, and congestion or stuffiness, for the HV.1 variety.
Scientists are not very concerned about new variants like HV.1, despite the fact that the strain has been spreading quite swiftly, according to NBC News, as there are some highly modified strains that can be more dangerous. These are JN.1, which has one more mutation than Pirola, and BA.2.86, or Pirola, which differs from XBB.1.5 by having an additional 36 mutations.
