Hunan CDC released the latest prompt!It's related to the new crown variants, Omikon mutant BA.5

Author:Fall in love with Shaoyang cli Time:2022.08.13

At present, BA.4 and BA.5, the new crown virus Omikon, has become the world's main popular strains. Since August, there have been more than 100 local infections in 11 provinces across the country. Hainan, Xinjiang and other places have detected Omikon mutant BA.5 and their evolutionary branches.

So, what are the characteristics of the new crown mutant Omikon mutant BA.5? How to prevent it? The Hunan Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued relevant preventive points.

What is the infectiousness?

Omikon mutant plant BA.5 has stronger transmission capacity and faster transmission than previous mutant strains, and has stronger infectious and immune escape.

What ways do you spread?

The BA.5 propagation method of Omikon is still transmitting through the respiratory tract droplets and close contact. In a relatively closed environment, it is transmitted by gas solidarity. It may also cause infection after exposing items contaminated by the virus.

How long is the incubation period?

According to the "New Coronatte Pneumonic Pneumonia Prevention Plan" (ninth edition), the average incubation period of Omikon variants is shortened, mostly 2-4 days.

What are the symptoms after infection?

Most of the infected people of Omikon variants are asymptomatic infections, and there are many obvious clinical symptoms and chest imaging characteristics, which leads to more hiddenness in the epidemic, which is not easy to find early.

After the BA.5 infected with Omikon variants, several common symptoms may occur, especially for continuous cough, nasal congestion and sore throat; another prominent symptom is extreme fatigue. The common taste loss and olfactory symptoms after infection with the new coronal virus have become no longer common.

Will the pathogenicity increase?

Compared with the previous mutant strains, the pathogenicity of Omircor's mutant BA.5 has not significantly enhanced and weakened. The recent prevention and control practices of the Omikon mutant BA.5 epidemic in China also reminded that existing prevention and control measures are still effective.

Is the vaccine effective?

The State Council ’s joint prevention and control mechanism mentioned on August 10th that the complete vaccination and enhanced needles can effectively prevent severe illnesses and death.

Experts from the Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasize that everyone is the first person in charge of health, and everyone is responsible for the normalization of the new crown pneumonia. Everyone should keep in mind wearing a mask, to wash their hands, ventilation, less gathering, "one meter", and personal protection measures with public chopsticks. In addition, it is advocated that everyone will actively implement public prevention and control measures such as regular nucleic acid testing and active scanning sites in accordance with the specific epidemic prevention and control requirements in the area.