Salut monitors in Catalonia the kraken variant, the sublineage of omicron from the U.S.

According to the department, “there is no evidence of increased severity.” of kraken. The number of samples of this variant identified in Europe at the present time is 76 sequenced and registered in Gisaid, the European initiative promoting rapid data sharing of all influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2.

The Sistema de Vigilància Epidemiològica de Catalunya is “attentive” to all the variants in follow-up and is monitoring their evolution. The predominant variant for weeks continues to be very mostly the BQ.1.

The epidemiological situation is “stable at low levels”. “The epidemiological services as well as those of microbiological analysis in Catalonia are very careful”, assure sources of Salut.