Scientists have identified the strains that caused the outbreak of COVID in China
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The spread of subvariants of the omicron strain led to a wave of CORONAVIRUS infections in CHINA.previously identified in different countries
The new wave of coronavirus in China is not caused by new mutations, but by already known strains that have previously spread in different countries of the world, BLOOMBERG reports citing GISAID (Global Virus Genome Database).
Chinese authorities have transferred 25 genetic samples collected in November in Beijing, Guangzhou and Inner Mongolia (an autonomous region in northern China) to the database. After studying them, scientists noticed small changes that occur naturally when the virus is transmitted from person to person.
“At this point, there is no evidence that there is any new meaningful option,” said GISAID CEO Peter Bogner.
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Samples provided by China 's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) turned out to be very similar to some of those already in the GISAID database (it currently contains information on 14.4 million SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences). In particular, the agency writes, we are talking about sub-options of "omicron" BF.7 and BA.5.2, which were recorded, including in the United States and RUSSIA. GISAID Data Center Scientist Sebastian Maurer-Strog said that Guangzhou had identified several imported cases of BA.5.2 infection, and the outbreak in Inner Mongolia was due to the BF.7 variant and spread from there to Beijing.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported, citing a closed-door meeting of China's National HEALTH Commission, that almost 250 million people in China (about 18% of the country's population) were infected with covid-19 in December. Most of the cases were detected in Sichuan and the capital region. The agency attributed the spike in cases to the lifting of the “zero tolerance” policy for the coronavirus. Bloomberg wrote that in one day, December 20, 37 million people were infected. At the same time, according to official data from the Chinese authorities, as of December 22, coronavirus was detected in 3,761 people in mainland China.
On December 25, according to Channel News Asia, China's National Health Commission stopped publishing daily data on coronavirus infections because it questioned the accuracy of reports of a sharp increase in infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now release the incidence information "for reference and research."
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