A health worker administers a nasal swab test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in Cape Town, South Africa, in December. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Two new Omicron subvariants are able to evade antibodies from previous infections and vaccinations, according to a new South African study,The results of the study indicate that the two Omicron sublineages could results in a new wave of infections, the study noted.The World Health Organization said earlier this month that it was tracking cases of the two Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5,The BA.
The study, led by the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, found that the blood samples of the vaccinated people showed a threefold drop in antibody production when tested against BA.4 and Ba.5,However, unvaccinated subjects who'd previously been infected with Omicron saw an eightfold drop in neutralizing antibody production when confronted with the new subvariants.“The low absolute neutralization levels for BA.4 and BA.
“This may indicate that, based on neutralization escape, BA.4 and BA.5 have potential to result in a new infection wave.” "The vaccinated group showed about a 5-fold higher neutralisation capacity ... and should be better protected," it added, per Reuters.
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BS; “The vaccinated group showed about a 5-fold higher neutralisation capacity ... and should be better protected,' said the study, a pre-print of which was released over the weekend.”
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