Its BA.5 strain was isolated in our country as well Omicron variantaccording to EODY.
This is the first isolation of BA.5 strain in the country, from a sample coming from the Region of Epirus. There is no known travel history, while the investigation is ongoing.
From the National Network of Genomic Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which operates under the coordination of EODY, the genomic analysis was completed in 462 samples that have been randomly selected or targeted and cover the period April 7 to May 5.
An Omicron strain (B.1.1.529) was isolated from all samples. Four hundred and thirty eight out of 462 samples with Omicron strain were related to strain BA.2 (95%, while last week the corresponding percentage was 79%).
Since the launch of the National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance Network, 28 different strains of special interest / under investigation / monitoring or other strains of SARS CoV-2 virus have been isolated from 55,280 sequenced samples (54,557 from cases and 723 from imported).
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