The Health Security Agency in the United Kingdom announced on Friday that the new variant of Covid-19 is severe and more dangerous, as England recorded 34 cases of infection from the new version, according to the channel «Arabiya Net».
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28 cases in Norfolk care home only
The agency said 5 cases of the new mutator were hospitalized, no deaths were reported, and that of the total cases, 28 people were infected in a nursing home in Norfolk.
The UK’s Health Security Agency detected the first case of the variant of BA 2.86 of coronavirus last month.
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The World Health Organization warned days ago of worrying trends in Covid-19 during the winter, especially in the northern hemisphere, stressing the need to increase vaccination and surveillance.
WHO Director: We continue to see worrying trends for COVID-19
“We continue to see worrying trends of COVID-19 ahead of the winter season in the northern hemisphere,” WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference, adding that deaths are increasing in some parts of the Middle East and Asia, intensive care admissions are increasing in Europe and hospitalizations in several regions are also increasing.
BA.2.86: 28 cases in Norfolk care home outbreak.
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Ghebreyesus noted that only 43 countries report deaths from COVID-19 to the World Health Organization and only 20 countries send information about hospitalizations, less than a quarter of the organization’s member states.
