New Delhi: Israel’s ministry of health said Wednesday it had recorded two cases of new Covid variant, but which officials said they were not unduly worried about. The strain, combining two sub-variants of the Omicron version of the Covid-19 virus – dubbed BA.1 and BA.2 – was recorded during PCR tests on two passengers arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport.
According to the health ministry of Israel, “This variant is still unknown around the world,” Israel’s health ministry statement stated. “The two cases of the combined strain, which have been discovered so far, suffered from mild symptoms of fever, headaches and muscle dystrophy, and do not require a special medical response,”
As per the latest official figures, around 1.4 million cases of Covid infection, including 8,244 deaths, have been officially recorded in Israel so far.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly appealed to the international community to accelerate the vaccination drive against coronavirus.
(VINAYAK)
