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Updated: March 17, 2023 4:50 pm IST
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New Delhi: A new variant of COVID-19 has been found in Israel. The unidentified variant was detected in two people who had travelled abroad, reported Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting the Israel health ministry.
The new variant of the virus is a combination of the BA.1 (omicron) and BA.2 variants. The two passengers infected with this variant landed at Ben-Gurion International airport and tested positive after a PCR test was done. Their samples were sent for sequencing, the report added.
The patients had symptoms including headaches, fever, and muscle aches, the report said quoting the ministry.
According to professor Salman Zarka, the linking up of the two variants when both are contracted together is not uncommon. He said that this phenomenon occurs when the two viruses are in the same cell. The professor added that they exchange genetic material upon multiplying which results in a new variant of the virus.
Salman Zarka shared that the two patients were a couple in their thirties and got the infections from their infant son. ...
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World News Edited by NDTV News Desk
New Delhi: A new variant of COVID-19 has been found in Israel. The unidentified variant was detected in two people who had travelled abroad, reported Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting the Israel health ministry.
The new variant of the virus is a combination of the BA.1 (omicron) and BA.2 variants. The two passengers infected with this variant landed at Ben-Gurion International airport and tested positive after a PCR test was done. Their samples were sent for sequencing, the report added.
The patients had symptoms including headaches, fever, and muscle aches, the report said quoting the ministry.
According to professor Salman Zarka, the linking up of the two variants when both are contracted together is not uncommon. He said that this phenomenon occurs when the two viruses are in the same cell. The professor added that they exchange genetic material upon multiplying which results in a new variant of the virus.
Salman Zarka shared that the two patients were a couple in their thirties and got the infections from their infant son. ...
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/covi...o-know-3869491