Suzhou surprises the first appearance of the new Omikron variant in the global database

The epidemic in China is spreading. Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, said on the 2nd that a case recently confirmed in Changshu City, under Suzhou City, was infected with the BA.1.1 evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant virus. It appeared for the first time in a database of known new coronaviruses.

According to Chinese media reports, officials from the Suzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention said at a press conference on epidemic prevention on the 2nd that most of the cases in Suzhou were imported from other provinces and cities, but there were also the above-mentioned isolated cases in Changshu.

The Suzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the case was a mild case and was diagnosed on March 28. The full name of the virus infected is the BA.1.1 evolutionary branch of the VOC/Omicron variant strain.

According to reports, the Suzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention pointed out that the virus infected by the confirmed case has not found a highly homologous gene sequence in the local Chinese case, imported case database, and global new coronavirus database.