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Costa Rica reports first case of JN.1 Covid-19 variant

Published on: December 22, 2023
16:00

San José, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) The Costa Rican Institute of Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA) on Friday confirmed the first case of the new JN.1 variant of the SARS-Cov 2 virus reported in the country, according to local media.

Dominican MSP calls on locals to be alert for new JN.1 variant

Published on: December 22, 2023
15:53

Santo Domingo, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Public Health Minister (MSP) Daniel Rivera on Friday urged nationals to remain alert in order to prevent JN.1 variant of Covid-19.

New Covid-19 EG.5 variant circulating in Costa Rica

Published on: August 16, 2023
15:31

San Jose, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) A total of 10 Costa Ricans were detected with the new variant EG.5, of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, of greater transmissibility and potential to evade antibodies generated by vaccines, local media reported today.

New Covid-19 variant Deltacron has been detected in Australia

Published on: April 9, 2022
11:47

Canberra, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) Australian health authorities on Saturday announced the detection of a new variant of Covid-19, Deltacron, which is a hybrid of two previous strains.

New SARS-CoV-2 variant detected in Israel

Published on: March 16, 2022
08:02

Tel Aviv, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) Israeli health authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery in two patients of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, never before detected in the world.

Omicron sub-variant BA.2 more infectious than original version

Published on: February 1, 2022
18:07

Copenhagen, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Omicron sub-variant BA.2 would be more infectious than the original one (BA.1), according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Copenhagen and the Statens Serum Institut.

Cuba rules out Omicron strain in traveler from South Africa

Published on: December 4, 2021
13:19

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) ruled out that a patient who arrived in the Villa Clara municipality of Placetas from South Africa carried the Omicron variant of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, Granma newspaper reported on Saturday.

Over half Omicron cases in England are in the double jabbed

Published on: December 3, 2021
19:16

London, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) More than half of those infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant in England were double jabbed, health officials have said, as the number of cases detected in the UK continues to rise sharply.

WHO names new Covid-19 strain Omicron as variant of concern

Published on: November 26, 2021
18:54

Geneva, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) An advisory panel of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday named new B.1.1.529 strain Omicron, detected for the first time in South Africa, which experts described it as a mutated variant of concern.

WHO names new Covid-19 strain Omicron as variant of concern

Published on: November 26, 2021
18:54

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Costa Rica reports first case of JN.1 Covid-19 variant

Dominican MSP calls on locals to be alert for new JN.1 variant

New Covid-19 EG.5 variant circulating in Costa Rica

New Covid-19 variant Deltacron has been detected in Australia

New SARS-CoV-2 variant detected in Israel

Omicron sub-variant BA.2 more infectious than original version

Cuba rules out Omicron strain in traveler from South Africa

Over half Omicron cases in England are in the double jabbed

WHO names new Covid-19 strain Omicron as variant of concern

WHO names new Covid-19 strain Omicron as variant of concern

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