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First case of XBB.1.5 subvariant from India identified in Bulgaria

“Arcturus” is already in our country. The first case of the XBB.1.5 subvariant has been isolated, the director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Prof. Iva Hristova, told “Telegraph”. It is in a child about a year old, who was treated in Plovdiv.

“It is about an infant who was hospitalized in mid-March. He is now well and has no complications. The illness was not so severe, and it is not clear whether the parents traveled abroad. We are still analyzing the situation, but for now there is nothing alarming.” , Prof. Hristova commented.

According to her, the child had the typical symptoms of covid. The new sub-variant isn’t running hard, but has the potential to spread more easily.

“It comes from India, where it spreads very widely, and already in many other countries. I would not generalize that the main symptom is conjunctivitis,” explained the expert.

Prof. Hristova specified that there is indeed a slight increase in cases of coronavirus in our country, but this is not worrying.

“It’s very slow, it’s inert the rise. It’s not about that jumpy growth that we had before. You can’t talk about a wave, we’re at one of the lowest levels between waves. There’s nothing to worry about,” the director of the national center for infectious and parasitic diseases also said.

Prof. Hristova added that the flu is already going away, and with each passing week the incidence is decreasing. There are still isolated cases, mostly of type B.

Both chicken pox and scarlet fever are decreasing, and the trend has been for several weeks.

“The levels have stagnated and gone down. This is already sustainable,” said the expert.

The Councilor of the Metropolitan Municipality on Health Affairs, Prof. Todor Kantarjiev, said for his part that the coronavirus will decrease sharply next month, as the weather warms up.

“In recent weeks, there has been an increase in cases of covid, probably due to indoor gatherings,” commented Prof. Kantarjiev.

2023-04-22 17:35:32


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