The WHO says the new variant Omigron XE may be ten percent more contagious than previous Omigran variants and urges countries to restart the sequence to detect new variants.
Another new variant of Omigran has been discovered in many countries. The new variant is a hybrid between two Omigron strains, BA.1 and BA.2, which was first discovered in the UK on January 19, according to the World Health Organization’s WHO report.
As of March 22, The Independent reported 763 cases of XE in the UK. This variation has also been found in Thailand, New Zealand and Israel.
Israel warned of a new variant in March, when it detected two cases, while the WHO went out and warned that European countries were taking the mutations of the Govt virus very lightly, The Sun.
The WHO is urging countries around the world to restart the Covid-19 test to detect new variants.
In a video on Twitter, WHO epidemiologist Maria van Kerkov said, “It is very important that we continue the sequence so that good geographical coverage of the sequence is available worldwide.
Initial data indicate that the new variant is more contagious than the previous Omigron variants – ten percent, but the WHO report writes that more data is needed to determine for sure.
Susan Hopkins, CMO of the UK Health Security Agency, says The Sun does not yet have enough data to make decisions about the effectiveness of the vaccine against infection, severity or variation.
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