“Research from Peking University showed that it has the strongest ability to evade vaccines among variants at the moment,” he told a radio programme. Siu said XBB.1 was first found in Singapore, while Nepal and Bangladesh had also recorded cases of the subvariant. Siu said he expected more mutant strains to emerge in winter and the number of infections to rise, urging health authorities to closely monitor the situation. “This winter is the first winter since many places over the world returned to normal. Hong Kong on Tuesday recorded 4,656 coronavirus infections, 373 of which were imported, and nine more deaths.

Source: thestar October 13, 2022 03:22 UTC