2023-08-18 17:55:44
The World Health Organization and US health authorities announced that they are “closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although the potential impact of its multiple mutations is not yet known.”
For its part, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that it was “monitoring the variant closely.”
The World Health Organization stated that “the potential impact of the new mutant mutations is still unknown and is being carefully evaluated.”
Baddreh, Professor of Biology at the University of London, François Balloux, pointed out that “the interest aroused by the new mutant is justified,” adding that “the PA.86.2 strain is the most prominent strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the world since the emergence of Omicron,” referring to the mutant. Which led to a significant increase in global infections in the winter of 2022.
He stressed that even if PA.86.2 causes a significant increase in the number of infections, “we do not expect to see levels of severe disease and death similar to what we saw earlier during the epidemic period when the alpha, delta and ometron variants circulated.”
A statement issued by the World Health Organization had confirmed that between July 17 and August 13, more than 1.4 million new cases of Covid-19 and more than 2,300 deaths were recorded.
As of August 13, 2023, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached more than 769 million, while the number of deaths from the virus has reached more than 6.9 million worldwide.
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