• The report said that the variant could be a mix of the BA.1 (Omicron) and BA.2 forms.
• It also said that the cases were found when patients at Ben-Gurion International airport took an RT-PCR test.
• This week, 6,310 people in Israel tested positive for Covid.

A report says that Israel’s health ministry has confirmed two cases of Covid variants that have not been recognized. The report said that the variant could be a mix of the BA.1 (Omicron) and BA.2 forms. It also said that the cases were found when patients at Ben-Gurion International airport took an RT-PCR test.

The health ministry said that the patients were in their 30s and had fever, headaches, and aches and pains in their muscles.

Professor Salman Zarka, who is in charge of Covid in Israel, said in the report that the linking of two viruses is a usual thing that happens when there are two viruses in the same cell. The scientist said that the two viruses multiply and share genetic material, which leads to the creation of a new virus.

The study said that Omicron infections have been going down in Israel, but BA.2 infections are still going up. A report said that Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with the country’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz because of an increase in Covid cases. After the meeting, the report said, the prime minister ordered strict enforcement of the mark policy in closed areas and urged people to get vaccinated three times.

This week, 6,310 people in Israel tested positive for Covid. The report said that 335 of those people are in bad condition and 151 are on a respirator.

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