The entry into the new year was marked by outbreak of infections omicrons BF.7 in China. However, the sub-lineage of the Asian country, which forced to take measurements precautions with travellersthat’s not what worries the most Europe. In United States of Americathe subvariants XBB.1.5Also known as “Craken”is already wreaking havoc among the population, where cases of this type of coronavirus have gone from representing 20% to a 40% unfair a weekaccording to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
This new familiar virus omicron has an infection Faster and an ability to propagation up to 50% higher than the previous variants. Despite these characteristics, experts insist that they do not suffer from the emergence of new forms of the virus from their own symptom are still those known to date (fever, body aches, cough, fatigue and headache). However, they emphasize the importance of vaccines and the surveillance.
The most dangerous
Even if the last wave of infections in China has caught all eyes, the truth is that the scientific community is most concerned about the variant of the United States of America. ‘Kraken, as the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has been called, has bent over its impact on contagious of the North American country, especially in New Yorkthus approaching the half of the total number of people infected by covid in just one week. It should be noted that New York City lives its own pic of infections since January last year.
Experts point out that the danger of this new sublineage is superior to any of its predecessors, since it presents greater capacity yes speed of contagion. Therefore, everything points to this new omicron branch, also capable of Dodge better immunity provided by vaccineswill soon be enforced Europe.
“More ‘or less the same”
With all, Albert Boschpresident of the Spanish Society of Virology, has launched an appeal to keep the calm before this variant, that is “more ‘or less the same”. So she explained it in an interview for the radio show ‘The World in RAC1’where he also stressed the importance of the essential “two Vs”: vaccination yes surveillance.
Bosch also wanted to give a message of tranquillity pointing out that XBB 1.5 infections they will no longer be serious: “Serious cases will increase if infections increase, but it’s a question statisticalthe proportion it does not change“, he said.
Peak expected in Catalonia
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In Catalonia, hospitals await the arrival of a new peak of covid-19. after the festivities Christmashealth centers are preparing for an increase in cases, despite the fact that the incidence of complaint yes SARS-CoV-2 it has decreased significantly in the last week.
The latest data from Healthwhich date back to this Tuesday, reflect that the virus that circulates the most is still that of the complaint, with an e32% of the samples. Behind are the respiratory syncytial virus (VRS, 12.4%), the rhinovirus (12.4%), the adenovirus (4.5%) and SARS-CoV-2 (3.8%).