Reuters reported that on November 26, Belgium discovered the first local confirmed case of the new coronary pneumonia (COVID-19) variant strain B.1.1.529, a person who returned to Belgium from Egypt on November 11.
The Belgian chief virologist and the chief scientific adviser of the Federal Government's Epidemic Prevention and Control Team (Marc Van Ranst) posted on social networking sites that a sample has been confirmed to contain the virus strain B.1.1.529, and the confirmed case was on November 11. After returning from Egypt, he first developed symptoms on November 22.
In Belgium, one sample was confirmed as the novel B.1.1.529 variant (in a returning traveller from Egypt (11/11); first symptoms on 22/11).
— Marc Van Ranst (@vanranstmarc) November 26, 2021
WHO meets on new variant virus
The WHO held a special meeting on November 26 to evaluate the impact of the new variant virus on vaccines and current treatments, and whether it should be classified as a "variant of interest" or "variant of interest" ( variants of concern).
According to the WHO, there are currently about 100 gene sequences of the new variant virus strain that have been notified. The initial analysis showed that this strain has undergone multiple mutations and must be further studied.
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