Nu Variant News Today

Naming can get tricky sometimes even when someone is following a sequence of letters. Although it shouldn’t happen usually, it can at times.    The same holds true for the naming of new Covid variant Omicron, where two letters in the Greek alphabet, Nu and Xi, were skipped for various reasons by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.   The new Covid variant, which was first detected in southern Africa, has taken the world by surprise.

Health Minister Greg Hunt has assured Australians that authorities are well prepared to respond to the new coronavirus variant that has emerged in southern Africa. 

The B.1.1.529 is rapidly replacing the delta variant in South Africa.

The World Health Organization is due to meet to discuss the rise of a highly mutated COVID variant, which has been dubbed "Nu."

The B.1.1.529 variant that first emerged in Botswana, has now been detected in South Africa, Hong Kong and Israel.

First detected in Botswana, the coronavirus strain identified as B.1.1529 and now named Nu is actually a variant of concern. Here's everything we know about the Nu variant so far.

If the WHO thinks the new variant is alarming enough, it will be called nu. But its official name, B.1.1.529, reflects its viral mutations.

Experts are still trying to assess the threat posed by the B.1.1.529 variant, but one unusual feature is its high number of mutations, far more than what is found in the Delta one.

Scientists are concerned about the variant which has a high number of mutations on the part of the virus that infects cells.

World Health Organization experts will convene on Friday to assess a new COVID variant that has worried scientists because of its mutations.