COVID 19 UPDATE: Once again in China (Corona in China), Corona has started wreaking havoc. Due to the ever-increasing corona cases, the hospitals there have also started filling up with patients. At present, this wave of corona in China has come due to the BF.7 variant of Omicron. Amidst the new outbreak of Corona in China, this variant has also reached India. Two patients in Gujarat and one patient in Odisha have been found suffering from BF.7 variant. Now people are thinking that what is this BF7 variant and why is it so dangerous. Let’s know about it and its symptoms.
Know about BF.7
The BF.7 variant of Corona ( Corona New Variant BF7 ) is considered very dangerous in many countries. Explain that when any virus mutates, it creates its own variants and sub-variants. Similarly, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the main stem of the corona and has different variants and sub-variants. BF.7 is also a sub-variant of Omicron. According to a study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, the BF.7 subvariant has 4.4 times more neutralization resistance than the main variant. As a result, the antibodies present in people are less able to destroy BF.7.
This variant is most dangerous in India
BF.7 variant ( Coronavirus in India ) has also been entered in India, but it is not very dangerous. The Corona wave in India in January 2022 came from the BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants of Omicron. At present, a variant XBB is considered to be the most dangerous in India and due to this, 65.6 percent cases were found in India in the month of November.
These are the characteristics of BF.7
The victims of this variant of Corona are only people with low immunity. Its main symptoms are fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, weakness and tiredness. At the same time, some people have also seen complaints of vomiting and diarrhea.
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