What is the new Covid variant found in Israel? What we know about its symptoms
What is the new Covid variant found in Israel? What we know about its symptoms
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New Covid variant: Two strains of viruses will be combined when there are two viruses in the same cell, and “when they multiply, they exchange genetic materials, creating a new virus”, which is an explanation given to a combination.
Israel on Wednesday has confirmed two new Covid variants cases and the world are not sure about how to react to this, because China witnessed a large wave of Covid-19 cases. Omicron, the most transmitting variant from SARS-COV-2, was detected in South Africa last year.
Here is what we know so far
BA.1+ BA.2: The new strain combines the two sub-variants of Omicron, known as BA.1 and BA.2. The two patients who have tested positive of the apparently new variant were passengers arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. There is no name for the new variant yet.
Symptoms: As reported, both these cases have mild symptoms of fever, headaches and muscle dystrophy. They did not require any special medical intervention. Both of them are teenagers.
Where did it originate? Israel’s health ministry has not yet concluded its research to give an answer. The variant may have originated in Israel, and the two passengers might have been infected before boarding the flight, health ministry director-general Nachman Ash said.
