And the new mutant sounded the alarm in United State Because of its rapid spread and causing an increase in injuries that require treatment in hospital.
And the new mutant became responsible in the United States for 4 out of 10 cases, following it was responsible for two out of every 10 cases regarding a week ago.
The new mutant is originally branched from a mutant "Omicron" which began to spread in late 2021.
According to the information currently available, the mutant "XBB.1.5" spikes It infects more people than ever before and evades protection from vaccinations and previous infections.
British experts said to"Daily Mail" The new variant is a wake-up call for the authorities Britain And it may lead to an exacerbation of the health crisis, which is represented by the double epidemic: Corona and influenza.
But British officials said there was no indication that the new variant increased severe infections compared to other variants.
It showed data from the Sanger Institute, one of the largest disease surveillance centers "COVID-19" In Britain, 4 percent of infections until the week that ended last December 17 were caused by the new mutant.
This is the first time that the new variant has been included in the weekly list issued by the Institute on a weekly basis.
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And the British newspaper “Daily Mail” reported, on Monday, that experts called the new mutant from Corona Virus Name “XBB.1.5”.
And the new mutant sounded the alarm in United State Because of its rapid spread and causing an increase in injuries that require treatment in hospital.
And the new mutant became responsible in the United States for 4 out of 10 cases, following it was responsible for two out of every 10 cases regarding a week ago.
The new mutant is originally branched from a mutant.Omicronwhich began to spread in late 2021.
According to the information currently available, the variant has “XBB.1.5”. spikes It infects more people than ever before and evades protection from vaccinations and previous infections.
British experts told the Daily Mail that the new variant is a wake-up call for the authorities in Britain Britain And it may lead to an exacerbation of the health crisis, which is represented by the double epidemic: Corona and influenza.
But British officials said there was no indication that the new variant increased severe infections compared to other variants.
It showed data from the Sanger Institute, one of the world’s largest disease surveillance centers.COVID-19In Britain, 4 percent of infections until the week that ended last December 17 were caused by the new variant.
This is the first time that the new variant has been included in the weekly list issued by the Institute on a weekly basis.
