Binabantayan ng Department of Health ang bagong coronavirus variant na B 1.1.529 na may mga kaso na sa South Africa, ayon kay acting Presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles kahapon. Kaugnay nito, sinuspindi na ang pagpasok ng mga byahe ng eroplano mula sa South Africa, Botswana at iba pang bansa na may kaso na ng bagong variant hanggang Disyembre 15.
Ang B 1.1.529 variant ay naiiba, mayroon itong hindi karaniwang constellation ng mutation kagaya ng sampu ang receptors nito samantalang ang Delta variant ay dalawa lang, ayon kay Tulio de Oliveira, the director of South Africa’s Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation.
“It is spreading very fast and we expect to see pressure in the health system in the next few days and weeks,” ayon kay Tullo.
Gary P Hernal started college at UP Diliman and received his BA in Economics from San Sebastian College, Manila, and Masters in Information Systems Management from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Oak Brook, IL. He has 25 years of copy editing and management experience at Thomson West, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters.
