Fears remain that a new outbreak of a mutation of the Corona virus may occur, despite the entry of most of the world’s countries into a state of recovery from the virus and the abandonment of the precautionary measures that have accompanied humans for more than two years. Nevertheless, China records thousands of HIV infections daily, while indications have emerged of the emergence of a new combined mutant that combines Delta and Omicron.
French scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have confirmed, for the first time, through genome sequencing, the presence of the deltachron mutant of the Covid-19 virus, which has previously attracted a lot of attention, and it is the mutant that combines mutations in the delta variant and the omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus. 19, according to Science.
And the United States-based epidemiologist, Jeremy Camille, published a tweet on his account on “Twitter”, confirming the news and revealing the details of the mutated Deltacrone.
Scientists at the Mediterranean Institute for Infectious Diseases Medicine and Education in Marseille, France, also published an article on medRxiv, a primary website for medical research papers, on March 8, in which the presence of a new mutant was confirmed by genome sequencing. The mutant was discovered in several regions of France.
Data provided by the Global Initiative to Sharing All Influenza Data, known as Gisaid, showed that cases linked to Daltakron have also been found in Denmark and the Netherlands. Two cases were discovered by Helix, a California-based genetic research company, in the United States.
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According to a report by the British newspaper, “The Guardian”, the United Kingdom has confirmed the presence of about 30 cases of deltacrone. According to Gesid, the new mutation may have been circulating in the population since January 2022.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization, tweeted on March 8, “We already know that recombination events can occur in humans or animals when multiple types of mutant COVID-19 spread…Currently, we need to Waiting for trials to characterize this new alternative.
While the World Health Organization expert Maria van Kerkhove said at a press conference that scientists have not yet found any change in the severity of the new variant compared to previous variants of the Covid-19 virus, but many scientific studies are underway.
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This comes as China announced the registration of 5,280 new infections with the Corona virus, yesterday, Tuesday, in the highest daily toll since the beginning of the epidemic, and more than double the infections from the previous day.
This record number of daily infections comes with the widening of the outbreak of the mutant omicron nationwide, as more than three thousand cases of the virus have been recorded in the northeastern Jilin Province, according to health commission data.
And Tuesday is the sixth day in a row that China announces the registration of more than a thousand new cases of the virus.
China succeeded in suppressing the widespread spread of the virus by implementing a “zero Covid” strategy, which includes strict closures that restrict the movement of large groups of the population.
Chinese authorities have closed at least 10 cities and counties due to the latest outbreak, including Shenzhen, a technology stronghold of 17 million people.
The virus outbreak at Volkswagen Group factories in the northeastern city of Changchun closed three sites Monday for at least three days, according to a spokesman.
Various other cities, including Shanghai, have closed down neighborhoods and buildings, while health officials have warned of the possibility of stricter restrictions.
During an emergency meeting Monday night, the governor of Jilin Province pledged to do his best to achieve a “zero COVID” result in the region’s community within a week, state media reported.