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Covid-19: three cases of the BA.2.75 sub-variant, nicknamed "Centaur", detected in France, including one in Occitania
XAVIER DE FENOYL
Published on 07/23/2022 at 08:27 , update at 08:2
the essential Three cases of a closely watched new member of the Omicron family, BA.2.75, nicknamed "Centaur", have been detected in France.
The seventh wave of the Covid-19 epidemic is ebbing throughout mainland France, but hospitalizations remain at a high level and deaths continue to increase, Public Health France observed on Friday.
After six straight weeks of increase, "the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 decreased throughout the territory" the week of July 11 to 17, "however still at a very high level", with around 90,000 new daily cases, according to his weekly point.
In hospitals, the decline is also evident, but new admissions (over 7,900) and new admissions to critical care (around 740) have remained at high levels, especially for the over 70s. On the death side, they continued to increase in the hospital, with 590 the past week, said SPF.
The current wave is carried by sub-variants of Omicron, notably BA.5, which is now the majority. Three cases of a closely watched new member of the Omicron family, BA.2.75, nicknamed "Centaur", have been detected in France. Precisely in Martinique, in Occitania and in the Grand Est.
What is this new variant?
BA.2.75 was detected in particular in India, where 70 people were infected. This new strain of the Omicron family has also been detected in several European countries, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, the World Health Organization has indicated that it is placing "Centaur" under surveillance.
"It is still too early to know whether this subvariant has stronger immune invasion properties and whether it will have more clinically severe effects," said WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan.
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/07/23/...e-10451813.php
Covid-19: three cases of the BA.2.75 sub-variant, nicknamed "Centaur", detected in France, including one in Occitania
XAVIER DE FENOYL
Published on 07/23/2022 at 08:27 , update at 08:2
the essential Three cases of a closely watched new member of the Omicron family, BA.2.75, nicknamed "Centaur", have been detected in France.
The seventh wave of the Covid-19 epidemic is ebbing throughout mainland France, but hospitalizations remain at a high level and deaths continue to increase, Public Health France observed on Friday.
After six straight weeks of increase, "the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 decreased throughout the territory" the week of July 11 to 17, "however still at a very high level", with around 90,000 new daily cases, according to his weekly point.
In hospitals, the decline is also evident, but new admissions (over 7,900) and new admissions to critical care (around 740) have remained at high levels, especially for the over 70s. On the death side, they continued to increase in the hospital, with 590 the past week, said SPF.
The current wave is carried by sub-variants of Omicron, notably BA.5, which is now the majority. Three cases of a closely watched new member of the Omicron family, BA.2.75, nicknamed "Centaur", have been detected in France. Precisely in Martinique, in Occitania and in the Grand Est.
What is this new variant?
BA.2.75 was detected in particular in India, where 70 people were infected. This new strain of the Omicron family has also been detected in several European countries, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, the World Health Organization has indicated that it is placing "Centaur" under surveillance.
"It is still too early to know whether this subvariant has stronger immune invasion properties and whether it will have more clinically severe effects," said WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan.
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/07/23/...e-10451813.php
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