Netherlands: Another highly contagious sub-variant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been revealed. BA.2.75 sub-variant named Centaurus. All these variants have been found in the Netherlands. Health experts are concerned about the rapid spread of all these variants. According to media reports, all these variants have been found in a sample taken in the Northeast Gelderland province, which was collected on 26 June.
All these variants have now been identified in the Netherlands as well. According to the Agency of France Press, the Dutch National Institute of Public Health gave this information on Wednesday. Although not much information is available about this variant, it is said to be highly contagious.
Last week, Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization, tweeted that they are closely monitoring all these variants. But we have very limited results to analyze. He also said that some more mutations have been seen in the spike protein of all these variants.
At the same time, cases of infection are increasing rapidly in America due to the highly contagious BA.5 variant of the coronavirus. The rate of people getting infected due to this variant is 65 percent while 16 percent of people are infected with BA.4. In a few weeks, the number of people being hospitalized with the new Omicron sub-variant has increased. Along with the state and city administration, the White House is also taking new steps to deal with it. Some experts believe that this warning has been given too late.
At the same time, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, Covid-19 Technical Lead at the World Health Organisation, the Centaurus sub-variant was first found in India in May and has since been found in 14 other countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the US.
