On November 14, 2022, Dr. Suphaphit Sirilak, Director General of Department of Medical Sciences reveals the case of Medical Genome Center Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital Posted on a Facebook page to beware of COVID-19, the hybrid strain “Deltacron XBC” , which was from Delta and Omicron BA.2, found more outbreaks in the Philippines.193 cases and more mutations of XBB and BQ.1 than the XBC strain of COVID-19 has been found at this time, there is still too little information to be able to tell Is it more serious or does it spread faster? It’s just a lab (lab) prediction that could be as bad as the delta. Speed like Omicron But the number found now is not much. Regarding the concern that the Philippines find XBC and spread to Thailand Because the countries are close to each other, it must learn that there is now a journey to open the country It is something that can be found. Similar to what we found at XBB, but the Science Department has a screening system for COVID strains. When detected, it sends information to GISAID.
Dr. Suphakit said, “He has confirmed that XBC has not yet been found in Thailand at this time. Regarding reports that Thailand has not yet found an Omicron XBB, it is learned that the Department of Science has reported from the last month that Thailand found XBB that each region has different prevalence of the disease For example, America or Europe will meet BQ.1 BQ.1.1, but Southeast Asia will meet BA.2.75 and XBB, etc. Naturally, they will encounter infections in each region as they travel.
“As far as XBC is concerned, we have yet to see any signs of violence. But the point I want to see is that the COVID-19 vaccine that was injected with 4-5 injections, the immunity obtained may have a lower titer than later generations of Omikron, but with older models like Delta Alpha it still works well , hence the assumption that the intensity is actually delta But if you come across a vaccine, you can prevent it. because phum still fights with old infections, so you see a lot of infections. But there were no more seriously ill patients. For Thailand, the Omicron BA.5 strain is still the most common. But it appears that the previously reported BA.2.75 There is a sharp increase in the proportion But how long will it take to wait for the weekly data to compare the proportions,” said Dr. Suphakit
However, Dr Supakit said that we have always detected various species in the past, there have been reports all the time, but now they have not been found in Thailand.
