In short
The new variant of the Coronavirus called Nimbus (nb.1.8.1) spreads in Asia, the USA and Europe, and in the US is already responsible for 37 percent. infections.
A characteristic symptom of a new variant are extremely acute sore throat, but it does not lead to an increase in severe cases or hospitalization.
Nimbus is another Olympic mutation and shows greater ease of transmission, although it is not more dangerous than previous varieties.
World Health Organization (WHO) The first virus samples marked as NB.1.8.1 obtained on January 22, 2025. They came from Chin and from other regions of Asia, mainly India; In the following months, the next one was obtained in Europe i United States.
In June in the USA it was the second most common variant wirusa sars-cov-2. According to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (CDC) in Atlanta, on June 7, it was on him 37 percent Covid-19 infections. This is a big increase, because there was only five percent a month earlier. infections caused by this variant.
W Europe It has already been detected in countries such as France, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Finlandiabut for now these are only single cases.
Coronavirus in Europe. Nimbus causes unusual symptoms
Nimbus NB.1.8.1 is another variety variant of the omikron marked as XVD.1.5.1. This pathogen it mutilates all the time. It shows an increasing ease of transmission – thanks to changes in the protein spine on its surface (thanks to it he joins the receptors of human cells ACE2). And the more the virus has the opportunity to attack its victims, the more often it changes.
This variant is not more dangerous than earlier varieties of omikron. In the USA, there is no increase in severe infections and hospitalization due to Covid -19 – informed ABC News prof. Peter Chin-Hong z University of California w San Francisco.
The specialist explains that they are characteristic of Nimbus above all Extremely acute sore throatbut this ailment is recently a common symptom of Covid -19 – it occurs in 70 percent. infected with this coronavirus.
Other symptoms This infection is: cough, fever, tiredness, Muscle pain, headaches and nausea i vomitingalternatively – diarrhea.
– Nimbus can cause Increased infections of this summeras was the case in 2024 with the earlier variant of the omikron – he believes prof. Wen Wen z George Washington University.