German Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach, confirmed that his country is closely following the situation of the new sub-mutant of the “Corona” virus, which appeared in the northeast of the United States of America.
The German official said that the source of concern is due to the fact that the new variant plays a role in increasing the number of cases that require hospitalization, pointing out that the monitoring process continues to see if this strain has appeared in Germany and to what extent.
And an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Michael Osterholm, revealed, according to Archyde.com, that 7 out of 10 US states are witnessing an increase in the number of cases and the number of hospitalizations due to the virus in the Northeast.
The highly pathogenic Omicron XBB 1.5 strain accounted for more than 40 percent of cases in the United States, official data showed last week.