May 10, 2024
The new study from the University of Sassari on the new variant of Covid.
The new variant of Covid KP.2 she was at the center of one research conducted by researchers from the University of Sassari and the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome coordinated by Fabio Scarpa And Massimo Ciccozzi.
The new Covid variant KP.2 was first identified in India in January. At the end of April it became dominant in the United States surpassing the JN.1 variant, a fact that has created a certain fear of one new pandemic. But for the researchers of the study from the Universities of Sassari and Rome it is not a real danger. This is because there is no evidence that it is a worrying variant from the point of view of danger.
The previous JN.1 variant is capable of resist antibodies created by vaccination or previous infection. NoThere is no evidence that the same mutations of the Spike protein also affected the new variant. Furthermore, there is no need to be alarmist in advance. Also because, as reported by L’Unione Sarda, the ability of the virus to infect and resist antibodies it is not necessarily associated with greater danger.
