According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of registered Covid-19 cases in the US has exceeded 100 million since the start of 2020.
First Published Dec 21, 2022, 4:14 PM IST
Following the spread of covid in foreign countries, the Union Ministry of Health has issued a warning. The Union Health Secretary’s suggestion is that testing and genetic sequencing should be carried out properly in the states, including in the United States and Japan, as the spread of Covid-19 is increasing. In addition, it is specified in the proposal that a five-stage preventive action should be ensured.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the new omicron sub-variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are responsible for 70 percent of new Covid-19 cases in the US. BQ.1.1 accounts for 38.4 percent of circulating variants, and BQ.1 is estimated to account for 30.7 percent, according to CDC data.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of registered Covid-19 cases in the US has exceeded 100 million since the start of 2020.
Japan, the US, the Republic of Korea, Brazil and China have seen a sudden increase in the number of coronavirus cases over the past week. The latest report by the US-based Johns Hopkins University points out that the virus has claimed 1,088,236 lives in the US.
Both variants are descendants of Omicron’s BA.5 subvariant. They have been growing rapidly since October. Xinhua News Agency reports citing the data. In early October, the two new strains each accounted for about 1 percent of new infections.
BA.5 accounted for only 10 percent of new infections in the past week. Another Omicron sub-variant, the XBB, is also on the rise. That’s 7.2 percent of new infections. According to a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers found that vaccines, including new Omicron boosters, are “unlikely to undergo neutralization” for the BQ and XBB subvariants.
Vaccines have been shown to prevent severe disease, but this could lead to an increase in breakthrough infections and readmissions, the study says. This is stated in a report from Johns Hopkins University.
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