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Review of Events of the Year 2023 - Part 1

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published Jan. 2, 2024 11:04

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What did the medical world live in 2023? We check what the most relevant information brought in the months of January through March.

JANUARY

Due to viral infections, PCP facilities were experiencing a real siege. Their capacity, mainly due to lack of staff, was limited. As a result, not all patients could be admitted on the day of notification, which became a frequent cause of conflicts.

Meanwhile, the most contagious of all SARS-CoV-2 strains identified so far has reached our country. The Health Ministry has confirmed the first cases of infection with the variant XBB.1.5 , or Kraken. Not only is it characterized by particularly high infectivity, but it is also able to "bypass" the immune response induced by vaccination or COVID-19 outbreaks. Kraken spreads up to 40 percent faster than previous SARS-CoV-2 variants. The virus ...

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