urgent! Thailand found 1 new strain of covid. Another XJ hybrid. The information is unclear. Waiting to win.
On April 4, at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Dr. Supakit Sirilak, Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences Revealed the case of the World Health Organization identifying the Covid-19 omikron subspecies BA.1 mixed with BA.2 called XE and, most recently, the Medical Genome Center. Faculty of Medicine Hospital (Hospital) Ramathibodi, Mahidol University Reported that it was found in Thailand, then 1 that during the past week. The Center for Medical Sciences has tested nearly 2,000 people for COVID-19, and found only three of them were Delta, and the rest were Omikron. Consistently, the overall infection ratio with omicron is 99.8%, meaning that almost no other strains remain in Thailand. The classification of subspecies of omikron found in Thailand is BA.1, 7.8 BA. 2 Another 92.2 percent and so far there is no BA.3 in Thailand.
“The BA.2 subspecies have a higher transmission speed, so today we are more likely to infect them more easily and quickly, while the UK data where the main outbreak is BA.2 is found to spread faster. clear But there is not enough information that dodge immunity or become more violent,” said Dr. Supakit, adding that
for the mutation of the virus There is a change in the genetic code all the time. which is the nature of the virus for Omicron that are mixed between subspecies together But they have a different genetic code even if they are mixed in the same subspecies. For example, XE is a cross between an omikron subspecies BA.1 and BA.2, or XF is a delta mix with BA.1, or XG, XH or XJ is a cross between BA.1 and BA. .2 According to the Genome Center It states that there is 1 XE strain found in Thailand, it is considered to be compatible with XE. Details must be asked from the laboratory (lab) where it was detected. The Department of Science found that 1 case was nearby and There is a chance that it will be a crossbreed with XJ that is BA.1 mixed with BA.2 as well. This species is found mainly in Finland.
Dr. Supakit said that this patient is a 34-year-old Thai man, a transport worker, online system, vaccinated with 2 Sino-farm vaccinations. at the risk of meeting a lot of people It may be infected with BA.1 and BA.2 until the virus merged into this new strain. This case was found on February 22, 2022.
“It’s healed now. At the time of infection, there were no symptoms, so identifying a particular strain had what symptoms. There must be more information. This will determine the percentage of symptoms that are greater, for example a slightly less fever. or a sore throat a little more But it may not be used to differentiate symptoms from species. In addition, there is one more case, but the data is insufficient. Because the sample was just sent on April 3, but from the preliminary information, there is a chance that it will be a recombinant. (recombinant) found 60 percent, therefore still inconclusive. We have to wait for details before we can draw any conclusions,” said Dr. Supakit.
The Director-General of the Department of Science said that, however, the overall picture of Omicron is very contagious, but the severity is reduced, so be careful. Don’t believe that you can’t let them get infected like this because if you let them get infected a lot. Chances of mutation are high. And I don’t know if it’s mutated Severe will have problems. But naturally today Decrease in violence but still spreading quickly And from the infection now quite quickly. Therefore, it must be borne in mind that when the infection spreads quickly The chance of infection is increasing as a shadow, so anything that can be avoided, can be prevented, please do. Many people want to take off the hygienic mask. please don’t do it Don’t eat too much together.
The reporter asked about the case if one subspecies of omikron had been infected. Will it be able to attach another one or not? Dr. Supakit said yes, because today I have to admit that Omicron BA.2 infection can dodge the terrain. whether by nature Therefore, people infected with delta can be infected with omikron, or BA.1 can be infected with BA.2, but not everyone. As far as I know, the virus dodged the landscape. get a certain amount, so 2 injections of immunity are not enough, need to inject the 3rd needle (booster dose) or people who have injected the 3rd needle for a long time, it is recommended to inject the 4th needle, but as said Blood immunity alone has many elements. like vaccinating with lethal vaccines in the past It may cause cells Helps eliminate germs in case of new infections
When asked again People who have been infected with COVID-19, regardless of species, still need to be vaccinated as scheduled or not. Supakit said that if infected with Omicron today It was found that if infected with BA.2 is highly immune to BA.2 and will not recur in a short time, but if infected with BA.1, immunity to BA.2 may not be enough. in which these cases Department of Science An analysis is in progress. If completed, it will be published further.
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