Virology professor and member of the scientific committee to combat coronavirus the Mahjoub Ouni coronavirus disclosed that new variants of omicron have been detected in other countries including BF7 and XBB which were the source of the appearance of XBB1 and XBB1.5.
He clarified that these new variants is distinguish by their rapid spread; According to him, an individual who contracted this virus can contaminate 20 other people.
Anyone who has tested positive for the variant of omicron can only infect 5 individuals, adds our speaker revealing that the symptoms are always the same.
”These variants have a great capacity to resist vaccines and antivirals. But the vaccines that have been developed recently permit individuals to protect themselves from omicron mutations, “he said adding that the epidemiological situation in Tunisia is stable.
According to him, these variants have been recorded in Europe and Asia, hence the possibility of detecting certain contaminations in Tunisia for the next few weeks.
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