The Ministry of Health has made public the latest updated data on the incidence of Covid In our country. 17,875 new coronavirus cases, of which 11,420 have occurred in people over the age of 60, bringing the total number of infections in Spain to 13,529,643 since the start of the pandemic.
A new silent wave arrives that threatens Christmas
This new update reflects an increasingly downward trend, especially in people over the age of 60. However, experts do not hide their concern over a new silent wave which seems to be advancing across Europe and which could be responsible for the peak of infections at the gates of Christmas.
These are infections caused by two new sub-variants of BA.5 of Ómicron: BQ.1 and BQ.1.1which currently represent only 2.7% of cases in Spain, but could represent 50% of infections in late November or early December.
While there is currently no indication that these new sub-variants are related to increased severity in cases, they are associated with a greater degree of evasion of the immune response: “They may have a greater escape route,” Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias confirmed in an apparition Thursday.
Symptoms BQ.1: three signs to watch out for
Being subvariants of Ómicron BA.5, the symptoms for now are similar to those of the predominant strain:
- Fatigue or asthenia.
- Tos.
- Fever.
- Headache or headache.
- Rhinorrhea.
- Myalgia or muscle pain.
- Anosmia and ageusia (lack of smell and taste).
- Dyspnea or shortness of breath.
- dizziness
In patients infected with BQ.1, symptoms of malaise, fever and headachewhich can mislead you into thinking it is a normal cold.
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However, three new symptoms have been revealed in the past few days that could be associated with infection with one of these variants. According to El Heraldo, citing immunologist and professor Alfredo Corell, the loss of appetite, aphonia and tachycardia would be indicative of a possible BQ.1 infection.
