Linda Geddes “‘Centaurus’: virologists express concern at new Covid subvariant” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/12/centaurus-virologists-express-concern-at-new-covid-subvariant-omicron
５月に印度で初めて見つかった、新型コロナウィルス（オミクロン株*1）のサブヴァリアント、BA.2.75は「ケンタウルス」と名付けられている。
ところで、何故「ケンタウルス」なのか？
The BA.2.75 variant – nicknamed “Centaurus” – was first detected in India in early May. Here, cases have since risen steeply – and apparently faster than those of the extremely transmissible BA.5 variant, which is also present in India, and is rapidly displacing the previously dominant BA.2 variant in many countries.BA.2.75 has also since been detected in about 10 other countries, including the UK, US, Australia, Germany, and Canada.
*1:See also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2021/12/22/181426 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/01/31/103132 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/02/11/102528 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/05/03/015213 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/05/13/015822 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/05/14/022203 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/05/17/102024
