Covid-19: Six other cases by Kraken were confirmed in the Republic of Moldova
Six new cases of infection with the new SARS-COV-2 virus stem, called Kraken, have been confirmed in the Republic of Moldova. The National Public Health Agency (ANSP) announces that it has performed a new sequencing of the biological samples for monitoring the spread of Covid-19 variants.
"The results confirm in all 16 evidence subject to the sequencing the circulation of the submissions belonging to the variant of the Hamicron (to 8 men and 8 women). In 6 of these, XBB.1.5 (unofficially called Kraken) was confirmed ”, reads the ANSP statement. The samples were selected from different regions of the country, Chisinau municipality, Anenii Noi, Calarasi, Ceadîr-Lunga, Donduseni, Ialoveni, Nisporeni, Orhei, Rezina, Straseni, rural and urban and confirmed by molecular biology (RRT- PCR). In the selected samples, the icyicron variant has been confirmed to eight men and eight women. The WHO data shows that XBB.1.5, called Kraken, A SARS-COV-2 is dominant in Europe. Specialists reiterate the importance of vaccination against Covid-19, as the most effective way to avoid serious cases of disease and death.
