Category: BQ.1 variant

New COVID Variants Increase in Proportion of Cases

October 19, 2022
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The proportion of people getting infected with the new BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants of COVID-19 is rising, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants—descendants of the BA.5 omicron variant—were recently added to the CDC’s COVID-19 variant list. Between Oct. 7 and 15,…

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Thailand Detects First Case of Drug-Resistant Omicron BQ.1 Subvariant

October 19, 2022
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Thailand has detected its first case of the new Omicron BQ.1 subvariant, which experts believe could be highly contagious and resistant to the antibody medications used to protect against COVID-19. The Center for Medical Genomics at Ramathibodi hospital issued a warning on Oct. 18 about BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, both of which are the descendants of…

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