What variant of Covid-19 predominates in Mexico according to UNAM?

According to the University Commission for the Attention of the Covid-19 of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the predominant variant of Covid-19, in Mexico is omicron, although it is less intense.

Furthermore, it does not present a significant number of hospitalizations and deaths. According to official data from the Federal Ministry of HealthMexico records 7 million 315 thousand 454 cases and 331 thousand 605 deaths since the pandemic began.

“The predominant variant in Mexico is Ómicron and the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariantwhich –despite the fact that it is not associated with a greater severity of the disease– can be spread more easily if it finds favorable conditions for it, ”says the UNAM.

What is the variant of Covid-19 in Mexico according to UNAM?

On the other hand, the specialists of the highest house of studies recognized that the XBB.1.5 subvariant, which had escalated rapidly in the United States during the winter, has already arrived in Mexico.

According to Yale Medicine, the rapid spread of this new subvariant is due to its high transmission capacity and the fact that US citizens have stopped taking care of themselves.

Akiko Iwasaki, director of the Yale Center for Infection and Immunity, says that XBB.1.5 has the ability to escape existing immunity and its enhanced ability to bind to and infect host cells, as it has multiple mutations, although it appears to have an additional mutation. which allows the virus to better adhere to the cells of the respiratory tract and replicate easily.

According to the statement from the University Commission, its experts will continue to monitor and evaluate local, national and global conditions to issue recommendations aimed at ensuring safer activities and environments in the community.

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These are his details with respect to Omicron:

• Maintain the correct use of the face mask when being in closed places, especially where there is not adequate ventilation and the space is shared with other people.
• Have complete vaccination schedules and reinforcements against COVID-19, influenza and pneumococcus, according to age or individual health condition.
• Ensure ventilation of closed places where activities are carried out (open doors and windows), as well as adequate hand hygiene.
• In the presence of symptoms of respiratory disease, take extreme precautions to prevent contagion (do not go to work or study sites, cultural, sporting, social or travel events).

As we have mentioned in other informative notes of The Truth NewsFrom UNAM’s perspective, to combat the future effects of COVID-19 in Mexico, it is important not to self-medicate.

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