A hospital in Madrid registered on Monday the first case in Spain of the variant of the omicron coronavirus, in a traveler from South Africa.
“The microbiology service of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid communicates the first confirmation of omicron variant in Spain“, Reported the center on Twitter, specifying that” it is a traveler from South Africa.
“The patient is fine”, clarified the hospital.
“It was confirmed today by sequencing. We have managed to set up an ultra-fast procedure that allows us to have the result in the same day ”, concluded the hospital.
“Is about a 51-year-old male who returned from South Africa last November 28 with a stopover in Amsterdam”, Informed the Ministry of Health of the Madrid region.
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“The positive was detected by screening with an antigen test at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport,” added the Ministry, specifying that the patient “has mild symptoms and is in isolation while being quarantined.”
Numerous countries have already detected cases linked to this variant, from the United Kingdom to Germany, through Canada, Holland and Israel.
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And the list keeps growing, with infections in Portugal, Austria and Scotland indicated this Monday.
Several countries around the world have reacted to the omicron variant with the closing of its borders, despite the fact that the strain has already reached Europe, Asia and North America.
The new omicron variant of the coronavirus presents “A very high risk” for the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this Monday.
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Ómicron was first identified last week in South Africa, and Spain established as of this Monday mandatory ten-day quarantine for flight travelers from that and six other African countries, a measure that will last at least two weeks.
The news coincides with a sudden increase in cases in Spain, despite an enviable vaccination rate and widespread use of masks, for which several regions have reacted by demanding an immunization test, the known covid passport, to access some public places.
Spain has registered almost 88,000 deceased and 5.1 million cases since the start of the pandemic. (I)
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