The significance of the sequence below is modest, but it raises some questions:
➡️Why has BA.3.2* not been detected in South America until now?
➡️Why are there still no BA.3.2* reports from mainland China?
➡️And why does XFG reach almost 100% dominance in Russia?
#BA32
This sequence from French Guiana 🇬🇫, hCoV-19/French_Guiana/IPG20260024, EPI_ISL_20449452, is the first - and currently the only - BA.3.2 sequence from South America deposited in GISAID. #BA32