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James Josh  Fact checked by:TMN Apr 28, 2026  1 hour, 53 minutes ago

COVID-19 Cases Involving New SARS-CoV-2 PQ.2.1.11 Variant Growing in China. Airports Should Increase Screenings of Chinese Travelers

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COVID-19 Cases Involving New SARS-CoV-2 PQ.2.1.11 Variant Growing in China. Airports Should Increase Screenings of Chinese Travelers
James Josh  Fact checked by:TMN Apr 28, 2026  1 hour, 53 minutes ago
Medical News: Reports are emerging that despite stringent measures to conceal rising COVID-cases in China involving the new SARS-CoV-2 variant called PQ.2.1.11 with certain countries are already identifying arriving Chinese travelers infected with the new COVID-19 strain.


Emerging claims that COVID-19 cases are once againg increasing in China due to the emergence
of the new PQ.2.1.11 variant

 
Nigeria was one country that recently reported the case of a Chinese traveler identified with COVID-19 coming into the country and possibly infecting many others in a state called Cross River in Nigeria.
https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-cross-river-reports-new-covid-19-case-activates-response-team/
 
https://leadership.ng/chinese-tests-positive-for-covid-19-in-cross-river/
 
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/04/10-contacts-traced-isolated-as-covid-19-case-hits-cross-river/
 
https://gazettengr.com/covid-19-cross-river-traces-isolates-10-persons-over-contact-with-chinese-national/
 
https://businessday.ng/health/article/ncdc-confirms-fresh-covid-19-case-in-cross-river/
 
https://guardian.ng/features/health/cross-river-reports-outbreak-of-covid-19-activates-response-centre/
 
Reports from doctors and medicalcare staff in certain Northern provinces in China claim that COVID-19 cases are once again rising with hospitals beginning to see new surge of patients.
 
Reports from “variant hunters” monitoring the genomic evolution of the virus also confirms that the new SARS-CoV-2 PQ.2.1.11 variant is rising in circulation in China.
https://x.com/xz_keg/status/2047503387793731708
 
However, there has been no official reports or Medical News updates from any Chinese government officials nor any media reports from local Chinese media about the current COVID-19 situation in the country.
 
The new SARS-CoV-2 PQ.2.1.11 variant is a descendant of the NB.1.8.1 variant and it carries 5 distinct convergent mutations S:I478T, H954Y, S680P , Orf3a:W193R and C24034T.
nts/lineage-proposals/issues/3071">https://github.com/sars-cov-2-variants/lineage-proposals/issues/3071
 
As of now, there is no data as to whether this new variant causes increase disease severity nor any data about its pathogenic properties.
 
This is a developing story and we will provide more details hopefully in coming days about the COVID-19 situation in China along with verified and official links from other sources.
 
For the latest on the COVID-19 situation in China, keep on logging to Thailand Medical News.
 
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