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Found again “Omicron” subspecies BA.4 and BA.5 in Europe and South Africa.

World Health Organization “WHO” found a subspecies of “Omicron” BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading in South Africa and Europe. This story was disclosed by Maria Van Kerkov, Chief Technical Officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) that came out stating “Subspecies” BA.4 and BA.5 It is spreading in Botswana, South Africa, Germany and Denmark.

But the speed of contact and severity It is not life threatening compared to the species. “Omicron” traditional, but still need to monitor for changes in cases where new cases are found

for Infected person “Subspecies” BA.4 The first case was found in South Africa on April 10. Currently, there are 41 cases of BA.4, while the UK Health Security Agency report found the first in Europe on April 8. Three in Denmark, two in Botswana and one in England and one in Scotland.

part “Subspecies” BA.5 27 cases, all in South Africa.

However, Botswana’s Ministry of Health says both BA.4 and BA.5 subspecies occur in fully vaccinated people. who are between 30 and 50 years of age

The World Health Organization “WHO” As before, many countries are asked to monitor and monitor “strong” genome surveillance systems for subspecies analysis in a timely manner. because now It was also the earliest stages of the discovery of this subspecies. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the ability to transmit infection. to be analyzed to get a clear answer

Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) had tracked the subspecies of “Omicron” Four variants of BA.1, BA.2, BA.3 and BA.1.1 have been released, along with BA.2 subspecies that are spreading in many countries around the world. causing a new wave of coronavirus patients