An Australian expert suggested that the cause of the outbreak of the \u201cpink eye\u201d epidemic, which has infected about 400,000 people since the beginning of the year, is \u201cCovid-19\u201d. <\/p>\n
Catherine Bennett, professor of epidemiology and health at Deakin University in Australia, explained in a statement to Newsweek magazine: \u201cPink eye is a symptom of the original variants (of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes) Covid-19, but it has become less common with variants,\u201d reports Al-Rai daily. <\/p>\n
She added, \u201cChildren were relatively spared from infection in the early waves, but with the presence of later subvariants that were more capable of causing infection in children, more cases of pink eye appeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year in April and May, reports of conjunctivitis were on the rise when the XBB 1.18 variant, and other related subvariants of Omicron, swept through countries like the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n
She added, \u201cWith the emergence of new, highly contagious Omicron variants in a country, the total number of infections rises as the immunity built up in the previous wave begins to wane, and the new variants gain the advantage that they cannot be recognized by the human body\u2019s immune system,\u201d according to what she published. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Australian expert suggested that the cause of the outbreak of the \u201cpink eye\u201d epidemic, which has infected about 400,000 people since the beginning of the year, is \u201cCovid-19\u201d. Catherine Bennett, professor of epidemiology and health at Deakin University in Australia, explained in a statement to Newsweek magazine: \u201cPink eye is a symptom of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":140761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\n