The new sub-lineage of BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant from Coronavirus has been detected in countries such as India and the World Health Organization following this, said Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“In Covid-19, cases that were reported globally had increased by almost 30 percent over the past two weeks. Four of the six WHO sub-regions saw that the case increased last week,” Ghebreyesus said at the press briefing on Wednesday.
“In Europe and America, BA.4 and BA.5 driving waves. In countries like India, the new sub-lineage of BA.2.75 has also been detected, which we follow,” he said.
Regarding the emergence of omicron potential sub-varians BA.2.75, which was said by the head of scientist Soumya Swaminathan in a video posted on Twitter that there has been a sub-variance emergence called BA.2.75 “which was first reported from India and then from around 10 countries other. “
She said there are still limited sequences available of the sub-variant to analysh, “but this sub-variant seems to have a few mutations on the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein. So obviously, that a key part of the virus that attached to the human receptor. So we have to watch it. Still too early to find out whether this sub-variant has the nature of avoidance of additional immunity or even clinically more severe. We don’t know that. “
He said there was still a limited sequence available from the sub-variant for analysis, “but this sub-variant seems to have several mutations in the domain of the binding of receptors from the surge protein. So it is clear, that the important part of the virus is attached to the human receptor. So we are have to watch it. It’s still too early to find out whether this sub-variant has an additional immunity or even clinically worse. We don’t know that. “
The number of new weekly deaths in the region increased 16 percent compared to the previous week, with more than 350 new deaths reported. The highest number of new deaths was reported from India (200 new deaths, an increase of 39 percent), Thailand (108 new deaths, decreased 14 percent), and Indonesia (32 new deaths, an increase of 7 percent).
WHO Covid-19 incident manager Abdi Mahamud said that now it is not time to state that Pandemic has ended.
“We are still in the middle of pandemic and viruses have a lot of strength left. good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, “he said adding that people and people must continue to wear masks, avoid crowds and ensure that the most vulnerable and high -risk population is protected .
Mr. Ghebreyesus said the covid-19 challenges were a number of factors, including testing that had been dramatically reduced in many countries.
“This obscures the true picture of the developing virus and the real burden of Covid-19 disease globally. This also means that treatment is not given early enough to prevent disease and/or serious death.”
He said secondly, new maintenance, especially promising new oral antiviruses, still did not reach low and low-income countries, seized the entire population that needed it. Furthermore, when the virus develops, vaccine protection – while it is still very effective in preventing serious illness and death – not reduced.
“Reducing immunity underlines the importance of boosters, especially for the most risky,” said the Head of WHO added that each virus wave makes more people with long or post-simp. “
“This clearly has an impact on their individuals and families but also places extra burdens on the health system, a wider economy and a large community. This challenge requires action at the global, national and local levels,” he said.