A fake United Nations message about a Covid subvariant is doing the rounds on Facebook The agency said it did not publish the warning about the XBB subvariant, which misleadingly claims it is deadlier than the Delta strain
At the time, health experts said there was no evidence that the XBB variant was"deadlier" than the Delta variant.on October 27:"While further studies are needed, the current data do not suggest there are substantial differences in disease severity for XBB infections."on October 11, saying there was"no evidence of XBB causing more severe illness".
"So far, the large majority of patients continue to report mild symptoms such as sore throat or slight fever, especially if they have been vaccinated."There is no evidence to believe the XBB variant is deadlier than the other variants," a representativeA spokesperson for the World Health Organization in Sri Lanka told AFP on January 10 that the agency had not issued any statements that XBB was deadlier than Delta.on January 11 that the XBB.1.
Dr Thira Woratanarat, associate professor of preventive medicine at Thailand's Chulalongkorn University, told AFP on January 18:"No changes in clinical severity was observed."from January 6 that looked at Omicron infections in India, concluding:"The current study indicates that the XBB variant is causing mild disease in India."
Ian Jones, professor of virology at Britain's Reading University, said that he had not seen any evidence that XBB.1.5 symptoms were"significantly different" to those associated with previous variants. "If anything, it seems to be milder and not to have the older hallmarks of infection, like loss of taste and smell," he told AFP on January 17.published in the journal Cell on December 13 said that while new Covid subvariants could cause a surge in breakthrough infections, Covid-19 vaccines"have been shown to remain effective at preventing hospitalization and severe disease even against Omicron.
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