“BA.1-BA.2 combined type… 10% faster than ‘Stealth Omicron'”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seoyoung Kim = While a new omicron mixed mutation, ‘XE’, was discovered in the UK and Taiwan, it was confirmed that no cases were reported in Korea yet.
The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters (broadcast) on the 3rd said, “Currently, domestic occurrences of (new mutations) XD, XE, and XF have not been confirmed.” We are constantly monitoring,” he said.
“The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently classified and managed recombinant mutations, including delta clones, into XD, XF, and XE,” Bang explained.
According to the script, the XE mutation is a combination of BA.1, which refers to the existing omicron mutation, and BA.2, which is known as ‘stealth omicron’, and XD·XF is a combination of delta mutation and omicron mutation. form
Bang Dae-bon said, “According to the initial analysis data in the UK, XE is showing an increase rate of about 10% faster than BA.2 (Stealth Omicron), but the number is still low, so the number is variable. Further investigations are needed to characterize the mutation,” he added.
According to foreign media, the WHO, in its weekly epidemiologic report published on the 29th of last month, named it ‘XE’, saying that a new hybrid mutation in which the omicron mutation and BA.
The WHO added that as of the time of writing this report, about 600 cases of infection had been identified, and it will continue to be classified as a sub-mutation of Omicron until differentiated characteristics such as severity and transmission are identified.
The UK’s Health and Safety Agency (HSA) also announced on the 25th of last month that 637 cases of infection were reported across the country, referring to the XE mutation in a report.
In addition, Taiwanese media reported on the same day that Taiwanese health authorities announced that ‘XE’ was detected in a woman who entered the country from the Czech Republic on the 18th of last month.
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