Background

According to the WHO, as of 7 October 2022, there have been 617,597,680 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The latest variants of concern (VOCs) have largely replaced other co-circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants. Delta reached almost 90% of all viral sequences submitted on GISAID by October 2021, and Omicron is currently the dominant variant circulating globally, accounting for >98% of viral sequences shared on GISAID after February 2022. 

Since the Omicron variant emerged in late 2021, several subvariants have been observed. They’re all considered to be VOCs, as the virus is circulating at intense levels worldwide. The BA.5 strain of Omicron is currently the dominant subvariant globally and the most contagious so far.

As fall rolls in, a new Omicron subvariant, called BA.5.2.1.7 or BF.7 for short, is a sublineage of BA.5 and is now spreading rapidly all over the world. So far, the variant of BF.7 is responsible for 25% of new cases in Belgium, and 10% of cases in Germany, Denmark, and France.

We are delighted to declare that Bioperfectus 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐑 𝐊𝐢𝐭, 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 (𝐎𝐑𝐅𝟏𝐚𝐛/𝐍/𝐄) 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐑 𝐊𝐢𝐭, 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝐀/𝐁 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐑 𝐊𝐢𝐭 are not affected by the new variant of BF.7. 

𝖱𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 

[𝟣] 𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉𝗌://𝗐𝗐𝗐.𝗐𝗁𝗈.𝗂𝗇𝗍/𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌/𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀-𝖲𝖠𝖱𝖲-𝖢𝗈𝖵-𝟤-𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌

[𝟤] 𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉𝗌://𝗐𝗐𝗐.𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖿.𝗈𝗋𝗀/𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗎𝗌/𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍-𝗐𝖾-𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐-𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍-𝗈𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗇-𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍#𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁

[𝟥] 𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉𝗌://𝖼𝗈𝗏-𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌.𝗈𝗋𝗀/𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗀𝖾.𝗁𝗍𝗆𝗅?𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗀𝖾=𝖡𝖥.𝟩