In Ukraine, the first case of infection with a new subspecies of the strain Omicron XBB.1.5 or “Kraken” was recorded.
On January 24, the press service of the Ministry of Health reported that the case was recorded in the Sumy region in a person who did not undergo a course of vaccination against coronavirus.
According to the World Health Organization, XBB.1.5 does not have specific mutations that would make it more dangerous than other subvariants.
However, when compared to previous strains, Kraken is most effective at evading the human immune response and is capable of causing serious illness in the elderly and immunocompromised.
The Kraken was first discovered in October 2022 in the United States. It now ranks second behind the original Omicron subtype, or 40% of all confirmed infections in the country.
According to the World Health Organization, the new strain has already been detected in 29 countries around the world.
Source: Racurs
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