The Israeli Occupation has detected a new COVID-19 mutant, according to the Ministry of Health. 

It is already spreading in several European countries. 

The sub-mutator appeared in an 11-year-old boy from Europe. He was identified at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and placed in quarantine, according to the same source, stressing that no other case has been recorded since then.

The emergence of this new mutant raises concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak.

In the view of the Director of the Institute of Genetics at the University of California, Francois Ballou, this new mutation is still rare and does not seem to pose the risks posed by other mutations.

The monitoring of the sub-mutator comes at a time when the Hebrew state intends to lift some of the health measures in force, especially those related to tourism.

In late December, the Israeli Occupation launched a vaccination campaign that helped it significantly reduce infection rates, but things turned around with the start of the spread of the highly contagious Delta mutant..