Could the latest version of COVID-19 cause a repeat of last winter's huge surge in COVID-19 cases?
SALT LAKE CITY — Could the latest version ofIt's possible, Kelly Oakeson, chief scientist for next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, told the Deseret News.
How effectively? Well, even people who have COVID-19 antibodies from a previous infection or vaccination still have pretty much zero protection against orthrus, Oakeson said, adding it also does a "really good job" of binding to cellular receptors.Those two attributes mean the latest version of the omicron variant that sent COVID-19 cases soaring to record levels just over a year ago could spark another huge surge. Oakeson said it's not yet known whether CH.1.
So far, orthrus is believed to account for about 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases and slightly more, some 1.5%, in the region that includes Utah, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Orthus was first detected in Utah in a positive COVID-19 test from late last November, Oakeson said, noting genome sequencing by the state lab has identified the subvariant in a total of 34 tests collected in the state through mid-January.
The omicron subvariant, said to have emerged in Southeast Asia in November 2022, is responsible for about a quarter of the COVID-19 cases in the U.K. and New Zealand, MedPage Today reported last week, citing a new study.
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