Next up , BA.2.75, Centaurus

https://www.who.int/activities/tracki...

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamh...

India, early May, spreading fast (50%)

(India has low levels of BA.5)

Seems to be displacing previous omicrons

Looks like an influenza type model will not work

Detected in the Bay area, UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, Netherlands

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2...

variant under monitoring 7th July

Nine new spike protein mutations

Amino acid changes, evade some neutralizing antibodies

G446S, RBD (was Glycine now Serine)

Individual response will be influenced by immune history

BA.1 immunity, may be protective