The World Health Organization and US health authorities announced Friday that they are closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although “the potential impact of its multiple mutations is not yet known.”
And the World Health Organization decided to classify a new mutant “in the category of mutants under surveillance due to the large number (more than 30) of spike protein” on its surface, which plays an essential role in the virus entering human cells, according to what the organization wrote in its epidemiological bulletin dedicated to the pandemic. COVID-19, which was published Thursday night Friday.
So far, this new variant has been discovered in Israel, Denmark and the United States.
For its part, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated on the “X” platform that it is closely monitoring the variant.
The World Health Organization stated that “the potential impact of the new mutant mutations is still unknown and is being carefully evaluated.”
As of August 13, 2023, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached more than 769 million, while the number of deaths from the virus has reached more than 6.9 million worldwide.
