“Arcturus Mutant: 3648 Samples Reported from 37 Countries, No Cases Found in Egypt”

Written by: Walid Abdel Salam

Monday, May 01, 2023 08:48 PM

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for Ministry of Health and Population The mutator is Arcturus 1.16.XBB It is a strain of a mixture of subspecies of the Mutant or Micron, indicating that the Arcturus mutant was first reported on January 9, 2023. January 2023 and on April 17, 2023.

Abdel-Ghaffar added that the Arcturus mutant was classified by the World Health Organization as an interesting mutant due to its speed of spread, and 3648 samples of the Arcturus mutant were reported from 37 countries, most of the reported samples from India (63.4, 2314 samples), followed by the United States of America (10.9). 396 samples, Singapore 6.9 250 samples), Australia (39 143 samples), Canada 2.6 94 samples, Brunei 2.4 89 samples), United Kingdom 2.1 75 samples), Japan (2.0, 73 samples.

He pointed out that no infected cases have been discovered in Egypt, and so far, the global risk assessment of the Arcturus variant is currently considered low compared to other variants currently circulating, and despite its rapid spread, no symptoms have been reported in the severity of the disease.