Japanese new crown case again increases experts: Omikon BA.5 is becoming the mainstream strain

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Overseas Network, July 6th. According to Japanese Asahi TVs on the 6th, the Japanese New crown epidemic has spread again a few days ago, and new diagnosis patients have continued to surge. The Japanese government believes that this is due to the more contagious Omikon BA.5 subtype is gradually replacing BA.2, becoming the mainstream strain in Japan.

On the 5th, 5,302 new crowns in Tokyo, Japan, increased by 2,514 cases from the same period last week, and increased the case by more than doubled. This is also about 2 months after a lapse of Tokyo, and more than 5,000 new cases have been added.

The epidemic spread is not only Tokyo. On the 5th, 36,000 newly confirmed cases were added in Japan, and more than 30,000 cases since late May. On the same day, the number of new diagnostic people in Shimane County, Ehime County, and other places refreshed the record. Shimane Prefecture Kimahada also said that Japan is now in the seventh wave of epidemic. It is said that the county has completely fallen into the spread of the epidemic, and the medical burden will continue to increase.

Regarding the surge in Japan's national cases, the Experts of the Ministry of High School of Labor and Labor in Japan believes that this is because the Omikon BA.5 subtype is becoming the current mainstream poison strain in Japan. The Ministry of Labor and Labor also said that new crown cases are now increasingly increasing around the world, calling on people to maintain their vigilance. (Overseas Wang Shanning)

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