Epidemiological committee: no trace of the new variant of coronavirus in Jordan
22-12-2020 12:53 PM
Ammon News - Member of epidemiological committee, Dr Bassam Hajawi, said that there is no trace of the new variant of coronavirus in Jordan.
The available information we have about the new variant of coronavirus is that it changed some of its epidemic characteristics, indicating that the most important change is the speed of the epidemic spreading. Therefore, the number of infections will increase, he added.
The new virus is actually a new variant of coronavirus, however it seems that the new variant drew great attention to itself due to the speed of the epidemic spreading, indicating that it is 70% faster in terms of its spreading speed as stated by United Kingdom the origin of the new variant, he added.
The new variant of coronavirus will not affect the side effects and deaths as there is still no proof with regards to this matter yet, he indicated.