Tag: BQ1.1
Covid-19: BQ1.1, the sub-variant that threatens the immunocompromised
It’s a little game of perpetual genomic evolution that doesn’t appeal to fragile people. BQ.1.1, the new Omicron variant subline continues to surprise with its ability to evade immune defences.…
Is the new BQ1.1 variant of Covid more contagious or dangerous?
At the beginning of the ninth (and umpteenth) wave of Covid-19 in France, a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant is about to become the majority, the BQ1.1 variant. Whether in…
Covid-19: will the BQ1.1 subvariant cause a new wave this winter?
While the eighth wave of Covid-19 has reached its peak, the next one is undoubtedly already in the making. Scientists have been following with concern for several weeks the emergence…