New mutant rings bells after Omicron and Delta

While the world is still floundering about the new mutated Omicron from Corona, which appeared on the African continent, between those who are reassured that it is less deadly than Delta and those who warn that it is much more widespread and vaccines do not prevent its transmission, another mutated ghost appeared.

A number of experts have warned that the next variant of corona is likely to appear in Papua New Guinea, Australia's closest neighbor, due to the very low vaccination rates there.

"We are concerned that Papua New Guinea is the next place where a new variant of the virus will appear," said Adrian Prause, head of international humanitarian programs at the Australian Red Cross, according to what was reported by the British newspaper The Guardian.

He added, warning that “less than 5% of the adult population in Guinea has been vaccinated, and less than a third of the population in Indonesia has also received the vaccine, which means that there are two countries right on our doorstep facing major challenges in providing vaccines, and this is very worrying.” .

New mutant or mutant

In turn, Stephanie Fachcher, an epidemiologist at the Australian Burnet Institute, explained that there is an increased likelihood of new mutations emerging in populations with low vaccination rates.

It is reported that Papua New Guinea has dealt with a massive outbreak of Corona over the course of the current year (2021).

However, the official number of deaths from the virus reached 573 cases, with about 35 infections, due to the difficulty in determining the true extent of the epidemic, due to the low testing rates and the “stigma” that haunts those infected with the epidemic in this country.