Omicron lineage BA.5 with increased circulation in Portugal
The BA.5 lineage of the micron variant, which has an impact on cell entry, has an impact on cell entry, is experiencing an increase in the situation in Portugal, according to the epidemiological report released this Friday
“if the introduction and circulation of the BA.5 line of the micron variant, which presents the new virus increase in additional cells and/or in its ability to evade the immune response”, which anticipates the increase in the immune response of the Directorate -General of Health (DGS) and the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge (INSA).
According to INSA, which estimates that the BA.
The BA.5 lineage circulates with greater intensity in the Center region, where it already represented 10.4% of the sequences with April 10 and 4.
The DGS and INSA report also states that there is a growing trend in the cumulative incidence of seven days per 100,000 inhabitants in the age groups between 20 and 29 years, 50 and 59 years and 70 and 79 years.
According to the document, the transmissibility index (Rt) of SARS-CoV-2 is at 1.00 nationally, having risen in five regions: the North went from 1.00 to 1.08, the Center from 0. .94 to 1.02, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo from 0.92 to 0.97, Alentejo from 0.94 to 1.00 and Madeira from 0.82 to 0.86.
As for the pressure of the pandemic on health services, data from the DGS indicate that inpatients with intensive care in hospitals in mainland Portugal represent only 18% of the threshold defined as 255 occupied beds, compared to 23.5% in the previous week. .