Ministry of Health: No cases of new coronavirus variant registered in Belarus
The PJ.2.1 variant, which belongs to the "omicron" evolutionary lineage, was first detected in early May in Canada. No signs of a more severe course of the disease have been recorded.
This variant has also not been recorded in Belarus, reports the Ministry of Health.
No signs of a more severe course of the disease have been recorded. Data on an increase in the frequency of pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and respiratory failure are absent. No increase in the risk of hospitalization, transfer to the intensive care unit, or fatal outcomes has been observed, the ministry reported.
It should be noted that the Ministry of Health publicly reported COVID cases in Belarus five years ago, in November 2021.
The agency also spoke about acute respiratory infections. Currently, the intensity of the epidemic process is low, but isolated cases of influenza (A(H1N1) pdm09) and previous variants of COVID-19 are being recorded.