Build a COVID-19 Protective Barrier with Getein

COVID-19 cases spike in summer months this year. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is constantly changing and new variants of the virus are expected to occur. Numerous variants of the virus that cause COVID-19 are being tracked globally during this pandemic.

Is COVID on the rise?

From barbecues to festivals and elder facilities to crowded airports, COVID-19 has been infecting many people this summer. COVID cases are likely to keep rising this fall and winter.

Experts at the World Health Organization recently declared that COVID-19 infections are surging around the world, with 84 countries from the Americas to Europe to the Western Pacific reporting summer spikes. While other respiratory illnesses like the flu typically hit people during the winter months, it’s now clear that COVID-19 infections can strike during any season, and Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, a director of pandemic preparedness, warned that more severe variants may be on the horizon.

Many people who are sick with COVID-19 now either don’t take a test or don’t report test results to any government or medical authorities, so it’s difficult to say exactly how bad current COVID-19 spikes are. But both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wastewater monitoring and anecdotal reports from doctors indicate that COVID-19 cases have been rising all summer, and the newest infections can hit people hard.

What are COVID symptoms in 2024?

It’s important to point this out: The CDC last updated its list of COVID symptoms in 2024. Those symptoms include:

What should people know about this new variant FLiRT?

The "FLiRT" Covid-19 variants represent a group of SARS-CoV-2 mutations that are part of the Omicron family. These variants emerged from a lineage known as JN.1, which was responsible for a notable surge in COVID-19 cases during the previous winter season. The name "FLiRT" comes from the technical names of their specific mutations, where one includes the letters "F" and "L" and another includes "R" and "T."

The concern with the FLiRT variants lies in their potential to spread quickly, possibly causing diseases that could be more severe than previous strains or could partially evade the protection provided by existing vaccines. Research is ongoing to determine the characteristics of these variants, including their transmissibility and the severity of the illness they cause.

Getein’s Solutions for Covid 19

We provide SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test Kit (Colloidal Gold) with lateral flow immunoassay as methodology for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen. It is intended to be used as a screening test for early diagnosis and management of patients related to infection with SARS-CoV-2. 

Reference

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/covid-19-epidemiological-update-edition-170