The World Health Organization and US health authorities announced that they are “closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although the potential impact of its multiple mutations is not yet known.”
And the World Health Organization decided to classify a new mutant “in the category of mutants under surveillance due to the large number (more than 30) of the spike protein” on its surface, which plays an essential role in the virus entering human cells, “explaining that” the potential effect of mutated mutations. is still unknown and is being carefully evaluated.
So far, this new variant has been discovered in Israel, Denmark and the United States.
For its part, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that it is closely monitoring the variant.
It is noteworthy that as of August 13, 2023, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has reached more than 769 million, while the number of deaths from the virus has reached more than 6.9 million worldwide.
2023-08-18 07:52:04
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