Delta AY Sub-Variant, Which Requires 'Urgent Research', Found in These U.S. States

[Mary Wilson]

10/18/21 AT 9:56 AM EDT

BY ED BROWNE

A new COVID Delta offshoot that scientists have voiced concerns about as it spreads through the U.K. has also been detected in the U.S.

However, there have only been six U.S. cases reported and it does not appear to have been spreading recently in the states.

Delta has branched off into dozens of different types that are referred to with the 'AY' label.

... It's a version of the AY.4 Delta variant that already accounts for around 80 percent of recent cases in the U.K. Now, scientists have noticed an offshoot of the AY.4 variant—an offshoot of an offshoot—that includes a spike mutation known as Y145H.

In the U.K. it has accounted for around eight percent of new sequenced cases in recent days and about one percent of total cases, Outbreak.Info shows.

... It has only been detected in four states altogether, Outbreak.Info shows - Oregon, where there have been three cases, and North Carolina, Washington, and Washington D.C., where there has only been one case in each.

https://www.newsweek.com/delta-ay-v...scott-gottlieb-fda-which-us-states-uk-1639842

 

[Mary Wilson]

Delta Plus Variant AY.4 On Surge, Found In 44% Maharashtra Samples In August

Updated : 21 Sep 2021 04:37 PM (IST)
By: ABP News Bureau

... AY.4 was found in 1% of the samples tested from Maharashtra in April as part of the Indian Covid-19 Genome Surveillance. Its proportion increased to 2% in July and 44% in August, The Times of India said in its report.

The report added that the Delta (B.1.617.2) was found in 111 (36%) of the 308 samples analysed from August, adding AY.4 was found in 137 samples (44%) of these.

https://news.abplive.com/health/del...d-in-44-maharashtra-samples-in-august-1483462

 

[Mary Wilson]

British government observes subspecies of Delta variant

The British government is observing a new subspecies of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. As a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said the government is monitoring the AY.4.2 variant “very closely”. It is still unclear whether the new subspecies will spread faster. The government will “not hesitate to take action if necessary” . The sub-variant has only appeared sporadically outside of Great Britain in the USA and Denmark.

https://www.infrastructurene.ws/202...ent-observes-subspecies-of-the-delta-variant/

 

[Mary Wilson]

Delta Plus Sub-Variant, Possibly More Contagious Than Delta, Found in These Countries

10/19/21 AT 12:21 PM EDT
BY ED BROWNE

The Delta AY.4.2 COVID sub-variant, which has sparked interest recently due to its rise in the U.K., has been found around the world in 29 countries.

The data, from the GISAID virus reporting database and collected and displayed by Outbreak.Info, shows the variant is almost totally limited to the U.K. but that cases have been reported in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and parts of western Europe.

Of the 15,459 AY.4.2 cases to have been sequenced worldwide from October 18, some 14,705 were from the U.K. The country with the next highest prevalence is Romania, followed by Poland, Ireland, and then Bangladesh.

https://www.newsweek.com/delta-plus...gious-original-found-countries-ay-4-2-1640444