The Israeli Ministry of Health announced that it detected two cases of contamination by an unidentified variant of the coronavirus, without apparent severity and that combines the subvariants BA.1 and BA.2.
“This variant is not yet known in the world and the two cases were discovered thanks to PCR tests carried out at the Ben Gurion airport at the entrance to Israel.”, indicates a statement from the ministry.
“The contaminated people presented slight symptoms of fever, headaches and muscle aches and did not require special medical care.” continues.
According to the head of the Israeli government’s anti-COVID strategy, Salman Zarka, “the phenomenon of combined variants is well known” and “at the moment we are not concerned” that the new variant could lead “to serious caseshe told Israeli military radio.
In the context of a new increase in cases in the world, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett plans to hold a meeting on Wednesday with officials from the Ministry of Health, his office said.
The health situation has deteriorated in several countries due to the spread of the BA.2 subvariant, which is particularly contagious, but which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), does not cause more serious forms of the coronavirus than BA.1.
Source: Gestion
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