New mutation M of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first detected in Colombia and which, according to the WHO, could be resistant to vaccines, has currently infected few people in France, announced the Public Health Service (SPF) of the country, today, Friday.
At the end of August, the WHO stated that the M or B.1.621 mutation is a strain that “needs monitoring“By scientists, writes AFP.
This is because this variant carries mutations that could make it vaccine resistant However, more studies are needed for scientists to better understand its characteristics.
The M mutation first appeared in Colombia in January.
Since then, its evolution has been monitored but it seems that, at present, “it is little present in France”, said in particular the Sibyl Bernard-Stecklen, a high-ranking SPF executive, in a press conference he gave.
The cases “not in France, as in other European countries, he added. In fact, in France the infections seem to have decreased in August, while they had increased slightly in June and July.
The health authorities will, however, monitor “with great care»Its evolution in the coming weeks.
Another variant observed by scientists is the South African C.1.2 for which the data ‘is still in fragments“And is located”very sporadically“In Europe,” explained Bernard-Stecklen.
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