VIDEO: New COVID Variant

(ABC 6 News) – With the Omicron variant making its way across the U.S., there is word of another variant coming out of a foreign country. Discovered in France, it’s what is being referred to as the IHU variant. Scientists say this vaccine is more resistant to vaccines and has more than 40 mutations.

ABC 6 News anchor Betsy Singer spoke with ABC’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton to shed light on this new variant and to answer questions about booster shot sustainability.