The National Public Health Institute (INSP) informed on Tuesday that in the January 23 - 29 week, Romania reported 84 cases of of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron, including 24 variants of concern and 59 variants of interest.
Among the 59 variants of interest, there were 11 BA.2.75 sub-variant instances confirmed, 47 BQ.1 and one XBB 1.5, told Agerpres.
To date, 88 cases of BA.2.75 sub-variant have been confirmed, as well as 237 BQ.1 sub-variant cases, seven XBB sub-variant and four XBB 1.5 sub-variant cases.
As of January 29, 9,928 Omicron cases were confirmed in Romania, with the BA.2 sub-variant detected in 3,028 (30%) cases.
In the January 23-29 week, no BA.4 sub-variant was detected, but 10 instances of the BA.5 sub-variant. The BA.5 sub-variant has so far been detected in 3,462 cases (35%).
As of January 29, 18,597 sequencings were officially reported.
The 102 sequencings last week were reported by INCDMM Cantacuzino (48) and the Matei Bals National Institute (36).