Two new sub-variants of Omicron have been discovered in our country. This emerges from a report by the Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. This is BQ.1.1. and BM.1.1.
There is evidence that active antibodies against other variants of SARS-CoV-2 are less effective against BQ.1.1. There is currently no clinical evidence of a more severe disease course caused by BQ.1.1. and BM.1.1, ensures the Center.
86 clinical samples with SARS-CoV-2 were analyzed at the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention using whole genome sequencing. The samples were taken from patients with COVID-19 in the period 11.09-12.10.2022 and were sent from 14 different medical facilities from 13 regions of the country, DarikNews.bg reported.
The Omicron virus variant was detected in all 86 clinical samples. The relationship between the variants is as follows: BA.4.6.1 (1.2%), BA.5.x (70.9%), BE.x / BF.x, which are a sub-variant of BA.5 ( 25.6%), BM.1.1 (1.2%) and BQ.1.1 (1.2%).
