French researchers have detected a new Covid variant and have temporarily named it IHU.
According to health officials, the variant has a total of 46 mutations.
Medical experts say the first case of the variant was identified in a vaccinated patient who had just returned from a trip to Cameroon, Africa.
So far, the IHU variant has infected 12 people in Marseille in Southern France.
As of now, the CDC hasn't classified IHU as a variant of interest.
Information about the variant was posted in a non peer-reviewed study here: