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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022
WHO to call emergency meeting on new coronavirus strain: Report

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BSS/TASS
26 November, 2021, 12:15 pm
Last modified: 26 November, 2021, 12:46 pm

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WHO to call emergency meeting on new coronavirus strain: Report

The organisation's experts will reportedly discuss whether the new strain should be defined as "concern" or "interest"

BSS/TASS
26 November, 2021, 12:15 pm
Last modified: 26 November, 2021, 12:46 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters

The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting on the new coronavirus strain discovered in Africa, which may have an increased mutability, on Friday, the Financial Times has reported.

According to Tulio de Oliveira, the director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa, he expressed his concerns about the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 to the WHO representatives.

After that, the organisation decided to hold an emergency meeting, he told the Financial Times. The organisation's experts will reportedly discuss whether the new strain should be defined as "concern" or "interest".

The organisation was unable to officially confirm these plans for TASS.

During a press conference Thursday, Tulio de Oliveira said that the new strain has a very high number of mutations, which poses a risk of a rapid spread of the disease.

According to the latest data, a total of 77 people in South Africa were diagnosed with this coronavirus variant. Four people were diagnosed in Botswana and one - in Hong Kong (a person that came from South Africa).

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