18-fold mutation of the new corona strain Half of the detected cases are related to children under the age of 15 Ramzani, the head of the Association of Infectious Disease Specialists in Israel, in a conversation with Mizen: unlike the flu, which is currently undergoing a slight increase in the share of about 7%, the covid-19 virus spreads at a high speed. While in April of this year, only about 1% of the laboratory samples isolated from respiratory clients belonged to Corona, today this amount has reached 17-18% and this upward slope continues. As of today, the dominant subspecies identified in Israel is the "KP.1" variety, which shows a different behavior from the previous models; Contrary to past belief, the corona virus does not follow a specific seasonal pattern and can cause sudden peaks whenever the general safety level of society decreases. More details Rate on social networks.