Last Thursday, scientists discovered the mutant in the African country most affected by the epidemic, which is witnessing a new increase in the number of infections, as 50 new cases of the “omicron” mutant were recorded, during the past 24 hours, followed by the monitoring of such injuries in Belgium, Botswana, Israel and Hong Kong. and Denmark.
And on Sunday, Australia announced that it had recorded two cases of the new mutation for travelers coming from South Africa.
And the health authorities in the Netherlands announced that some of the infections with corona, which were discovered among a group of passengers from South Africa, are most likely of the “Omicron” strain.
The German health authorities also confirmed that they had recorded the first two cases of the new strain of the Corona virus, “Omicron” in Bavaria, with two people who came to Munich from South Africa on November 24, that is, before the suspension of flights with this African country, and they are currently subject to quarantine.
For its part, the Italian National Institute of Health announced that it had recorded the first infection with “Omicron”, as the genome sequence was determined in the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Emergency Biodiagnosis at Sacco Hospital in Milan, from a positive sample of a traveler coming from Mozambique.
The Czech National Institute of Public Health said that the authorities were studying a suspected case of the “omicron” mutant, which was discovered in a person who spent some time in Namibia.
Also, the British Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, announced that his country had recorded two cases of the new Corona mutation linked to arrivals from South Africa, one in Chelmsford, and the other in Nottingham.
The first infection with a strain was recorded B.1.1.529″“, which the World Health Organization later called “Omicron”, in Botswana on November 11th in a South African citizen, where the largest number of patients was monitored and exceeded 80 injured.
The reason for the great concern about the Corona mutator is the presence of a large number of mutations, estimated at 32, and this may help the virus to avoid immunity and the impact of current vaccines, which means returning to square one in the face of the epidemic.
The World Health Organization has named the new mutant “Omicron”, describing it as worrisome due to the high number of mutations and some early evidence that it carries a higher degree of infection than other mutant ones.
This means that people who have contracted COVID-19 and recovered may get it again, and it may take weeks to see if current vaccines are less effective against it.
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