PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.15 No.49, December 08, 2022 Article TypeNotes from the FieldPolicy NotesQuickStats

• Notes from the Field 2022-12-08

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  Omicron Subvariants (BQ.1, BQ.1.1, etc.) Outbreak Status

  Il-Hwan Kim, Ae Kyung Park, Jin Sun No, HyeokJin Lee, Jeong-Ah Kim, Chae young Lee, Yu Jeong Ahn, Jee Eun Rhee, Eun-Jin Kim*

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(49): 2917-2924 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2022.15.49.2917

  

  

  Abstract

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  Due to the prolonged the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, various variants of SARS-COV-2 have been continuously emerging. The omicron variants, which first appeared in November 2021, have rapidly spread across the world. Although omicron BA.5 remains dominant as of October 31st, 2022, multiple omicron subvariants have been reported worldwide. Specifically, the proportion of patients infected with BA.5 subvariants including BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, and recombinant variant XBB, has been increasing. Although there have been no reports on the severity of infection for each variant, they are being detected faster and exhibit increased rate of immune invasion. Hence, it is possible that some of these variants become dominant worldwide in the future. Therefore, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency should actively monitor the overseas trends of the omicron variants and continue strict surveillance of overseas entry cases, domestic cases, and emergence of variants.

• Policy Notes 2022-12-08

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  Together on the 35th World AIDS Day

  Yerim Heo, Yeonju Kim, Seonyeo Min*

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(49): 2925-2932 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2022.15.49.2925

  

  

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  On the first of December every year, communities working with AIDS celebrates the World AIDS Day by undertaking social activities to help eliminate the discrimination and stigma experienced by people living with HIV. “Equalize” was the theme announced by The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for the 2022 World AIDS Day to urge people to address the inequalities that hold back progress in ending the AIDS. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency is adopting the slogan “Be together” in the first week of December to promote activities on preventing HIV infection and increasing AIDS awareness.

• QuickStats 2022-12-08

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  Trends in the Prevalence of Anemia, 2011–2020

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(49): 2933-2934 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2022.15.49.2933

  

  

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