ECDC periodically evaluates fresh data on variants found through genomic variant screening based on rules, epidemic intelligence, or other scientific sources. The tables are updated to reflect any decision to add, remove, or alter the category for any variant. The tables are frequently provided to the joint viral characteriszation working group between ECDC and WHO Regional Office for Europe for consultation. An open source algorithm is used to carry out the rules-based genomic screening. The weekly COVID-19 nation overviews that are posted on the ECDC website include the ECDC variant surveillance data report.
As infections surge in some parts of China, gaps in this year’s COVID-19 strategy continue to foster the development of a dangerous new variety, according to the president of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Just a few months after asserting that the world has never been in a better position to end the pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has changed his tone in his recent remarks.
According to Ghebreyesus, “lacks in testing… and vaccination are continuing to foster the ideal environment for a new variation of concern to emerge that might result in severe mortality.”
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