The risk that the BA.2 sub-strain will become a dominant strain and re-increase morbidity in Israel is reduced, according to experts.
This is despite the fact that there are localities where its incidence increases to about 20%.
The BA.2 variant, which is very similar to Omicron, currently constitutes 7.7% of the flooring in the State of Israel - a higher rate in verified flooring coming from abroad. Monitoring data in the sewage system show that in Umm al-Fahm its rate reaches 20% In the localities of Raanana, Netanya, Tira, Rahat and Shafdan (the center is the entire central area).
Umm al-Fahm (archive), Photo: Gideon Markovich
In a discussion of the Corona experts' cabinet, it was stated that one of the conditions for removing the restrictions on the green mark is "monitoring a variant that may change the morbidity trends. Accordingly, in the trend and rate of decline in morbidity.
"It should be noted that the risk of this decreases as the widespread infection with Omicron expands, producing temporary immunity to BA.2 infection."
The Corona Information Center said that "as part of the national monitoring project for corona monitoring in sewage, a genetic paving procedure was carried out. In this procedure, positive findings were found for the presence of variant BA.2 in several cities. A large quantity was found, which constitutes about 20% of all the pavements measured that day. "
Sewage system monitoring, Photo: Reuters
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