WHO is monitoring a new coronavirus variant, “Mu”, a risk of resistance to vaccines

World Health Organization is tracking Mu, a strain of SARS-CoV-2

  • First detected in Colombia at the start of the year
  • Mu has been reported in sporadic outbreaks in parts of South America and Europe
  • scientists are studying whether it could have properties that would help it get past immune protections built up by vaccination or past infection
  • WHO has listed it as one of five variants of interest
So far it has not spread widely. So far.
World Health Organization is tracking Mu, a strain of SARS-CoV-2