London, England.
The British Secretary of Health, Matt Hancock, announced on Wednesday that a second variant of the coronavirus “even more contagious” Which tribe which was reported last week.
This version of the SARS-CoV-2, linked to people who have traveled to UK from South Africa, it is “very concerning” and appears to contain more mutations than what is rapidly spreading in the Southern England.
Before this species appeared, the UK Government iput “immediate” restrictions on travel to South Africa and strict quarantines to people who have returned from that country in the past two weeks.
Two new strains of the virus
So far, the UK has identified two cases of this new species on their territory, both with individuals close to people who had traveled the past weeks.
“We are very grateful Government of South Africa for its scientific rigor and for openness and transparency what they were dealing with when the new variant was discovered here, ”Hancock said at a news conference.
The minister announced at the same time that more England andwill come in at the maximum level of pandemic restrictions, ante la extension in the last days of the tribe reported apparently faster than last week virus versions known so far.
After its discovery varianthave more than fifty countries since the UK.
According to the latest official figures, contamination on British soil, they are up 61.2% in the last seven days compared to the previous seven days.
In England17,709 have already been registered covid, closer and closer to the 18,974 hospital admissions that were reached at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, on April 12.
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“This one Christmas and in early 2021, a difficult period. The new variant makes everything much more difficult spread a lot of faster. But we shouldn’t give up, we know we can control over this virussaid the health minister.
Hancock also reported that the UK regulator has already received the necessary information to approve the vaccine developed by Oxford university and the pharmaceutical AstraZeneca.
“The vaccine It’s our way out of it all. Despite how difficult the Christmas and the winter, We know the transformative power of science helps us a lot camino“he waved. EFE