The World Health Organization issues its report on the danger of the new version of the Omicron mutant

The World Health Organization has confirmed that the second version of the omicron mutant called "PA2", which is spread especially in Denmark, does not cause more serious disease symptoms than the original version "PA.1".

"We don't see any difference in risk between PA1 and PA2, so the level is the same in terms of hospitalization risks," said WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove.

She added that this conclusion "is really important, because in many countries there has been a large outbreak of version (PA.1) as well as version (PA.2)."

She explained that this result was reached on Monday by an advisory committee of experts on the development of the virus that causes Covid-19 disease.

She pointed out that this conclusion is reassuring and eagerly awaited, after the concerns caused by the publication of preliminary results of a study conducted on hamsters, which seemed to show that "PA2" caused more severe forms of the disease than the "PA1" version.

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