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Global health requires wearing masks with the new Corona mutant

news conference that a small but growing number of infections with the XBB1.5 variant have been detected in Europe.

said Katherine Smallwood, emergency manager World Health Organization In Europe, passengers should be advised to wear masks on high-risk locations such as long journeys, he added "This should be a recommendation for passengers coming from any location where the COVID-19 disease is widespread".

Health officials said so The XBB 1.5 variantthe fastest transmitting infection of the strain Omicronaccounted for 27.6% of US infections in the week ending January 7.

It is not yet clear if it was The new mutant It will cause a new global wave of infections. Experts say current vaccines still provide protection against severe symptoms, hospitalizations and death.

The European Union’s aviation safety agency and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control issued recommendations for flights between China and the European Union on Tuesday, including: "non-pharmacological measures to reduce spread of the virussuch as wearing a mask and testing travelers, as well as monitoring wastewater as an early warning tool to detect new variants".

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WHO officials told a news conference that a small but growing number of infections with the XBB1.5 variant have been detected in Europe.

said Katherine Smallwood, emergency manager World Health Organization In Europe, passengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk locations such as long-haul flights, adding that “this should be a recommendation for passengers coming from any location where COVID-19 is widespread”.

Health officials said so The XBB 1.5 variantthe fastest transmitting infection of the strain Omicronaccounted for 27.6% of US infections in the week ending January 7.

It is not yet clear if it was The new mutant It will cause a new global wave of infections. Experts say current vaccines still provide protection against severe symptoms, hospitalizations and death.

The European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control on Tuesday issued recommendations for flights between China and the European Union, including “non-drug-related measures to reduce spread of the virusLike wearing a mask and testing travelers, as well as monitoring wastewater as an early warning tool to detect new variants.

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