Mona Zidane
Published on: Monday, December 18, 2023 – 12:25 PM | Last updated: Monday, December 18, 2023 – 12:25 PM
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the Ministry advises citizens to ensure continuous disinfection of hands and surfaces.
And use masks in crowded, poorly ventilated places.
And stay at home if you have respiratory symptoms. It is best not to participate in gatherings if you are sick.
– Follow-up to the new mutant JN.1
Abdul Ghaffar said that the Ministry is following reports received from the World Health Organization, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and from health authorities in some countries around the world about the discovery of a sub-strain of the interesting mutant, or micron variant, of the emerging coronavirus, Covid-19, which has been named mutant 1. JN.
Abdul Ghaffar confirmed – in press statements today – that, according to the report issued by the World Health Organization, the prevalence of the 2.86.BA variant and its descendant strains, including 1.JN, amounted to about 37% of the total samples reported worldwide, and more than half of them were of the variant. 1.JN.
– What do we know about the new mutant?
Abdul Ghaffar added that the JN 1 variant is believed to have a high rate of spread and has the ability to infect cases who were previously vaccinated with old vaccines against the emerging coronavirus – 23, which were used before the year 2023. However, even initial doses of the Covid vaccine are likely to help in Protection against the new subvariant 1.JN.
Abdel Ghaffar pointed out that most cases of infection resulting from this variant are simple, and that there are no distinct or different clinical symptoms from the previous symptoms of the Omicron variant for people infected with this variant.
– What are the health risks of the new mutant?
Abdel Ghaffar explained that the expected public health risks for this variant, including its variant 1.JN, are still low, and no cases infected with the 1.JN variant or 2.86.BA have been discovered in Egypt to date.
2023-12-18 10:25:53
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