The Minister of Health, Mai Al-Kaila, announced the registration of 20 new cases of the Indian mutation of the “Corona” virus, after conducting the mutation examination for a group of positive samples collected from various governorates of the West Bank, which raises the total number of discovered infections to 22. infection.
Al-Kaila added in a press statement, today, Wednesday, that the infections discovered in the Indian boom were distributed in the governorates of: Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Jericho, Al-Aghwar, Tulkarm, Hebron, Nablus, Salfit, and Qalqilya, in addition to the outskirts of Jerusalem.
The Minister of Health called on citizens to quickly register on the electronic platform to book appointments for receiving the “Corona” vaccine, adding that, according to the World Health Organization, most of the vaccines currently used reduce infection with the virus, and if it does not prevent infection with it, it at least prevents the emergence of serious symptoms.
And she continued, "The elderly citizens, the owners of chronic and cancerous diseases, and the medical staff, who have not yet received vaccinations, should go to the vaccination centers as soon as possible to take the anti-virus vaccine."
The Minister of Health renewed her call to citizens to limit travel abroad, except in cases of extreme necessity, in addition to speeding up registration on the electronic platform to receive the Corona vaccine.
And the Indian mutation, "the delta variant", is the most transmissible among the variants of the "Corona" virus that has been identified so far, and it spreads very quickly among people, especially those who have not received vaccination, in addition to the fact that the disease progression in those infected with it is faster than other mutations.
The infection is transmitted with this mutation at least twice as much as the original virus, which is why one person can transmit the disease not to 2, but to 4, 6 or 8 others.
