The National Health Service (NHS) on Thursday warned the people of Britain to be on the lookout for the new Pirola Covid variant amid concerns it might unleash a new wave of illnesses. According to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) risk assessment, a new COVID-19 strain BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, is getting more people infected in several parts of the world. As per reports, the first case of BA.2.86 aka Pirola variant was detected through PCR testing from a sample that was collected on August 16.
The virus hasn’t officially been confirmed as a ‘variant of concern’ by the UK’s health watchdog, but it’s caused concern among scientists over its high number of mutations. As per studies, the new variant BA.2.86 has as many changes as Omicron had from the Delta variant of coronavirus.