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Found in France

New coronavirus variant strain "IHU"

On January 5, local time, according to a number of French media reports, on December 9 last year, the Mediterranean Institute of Infectious Diseases in Marseille, France, said that a new variant of the new coronavirus was found, the strain number is B.1.640.2, also known as the "IHU" strain. The strain contained 46 mutation points and 37 deletions.

The strain was first identified in a patient returning to France from the Congo. So far, the Mediterranean Institute of Infectious Diseases Medical and Teaching Research in Marseille has found a total of 12 cases of infection with this strain. Due to the small size of the sample, it is currently difficult to assess its infectivity and risk. The World Health Organization has listed the strain as a NEW CORONAVIRUS variant under observation.

Case of Infection with the Omikejong strain in the United States

95% of new cases

CNN reported that the number of COVID-19 infections in the United States is still accumulating rapidly. Data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the evening of the 4th showed that in the week ending January 1, 2022, the infection cases of the Omikeron strain accounted for about 95.4% of the new coronavirus cases in the United States, and the infection cases of the Delta strain accounted for about 4.6%.

The CDC has also updated its guidelines to recommend that people quarantine for 5 days after a date when they have symptoms of suspected COVID-19 infection or test positive. After 5 days, if there are no symptoms, a mask should be worn in public for another 5 days. If symptoms such as fever persist after 5 days, you need to continue to isolate until you have no fever symptoms for more than 24 hours.

WHO:

The cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide exceeded 293.75 million

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