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The FVS-AM (Amazonas Health Surveillance Foundation) confirmed today that two more cases of reinfection with a new variant of the coronavirus were registered in the state. With these, three cases have already been registered in Amazonas.
According to the genetic sequencing carried out by Fiocruz Amazônia (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), the identified variant was P1, initially registered in Japan.
In all the cases identified so far in Amazonas of a second infection by the disease, the patients had already been discharged and did not present complications from covid-19. The FVS-AM is still awaiting the outcome of 12 other cases that are being investigated.
The first notification of reinfection confirmed today is from a 50-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 on October 19, 2020 and January 19, 2021. The second case is a 40-year-old woman who had the first SARS- CoV- 2 on April 22, 2020 and the second on January 29, 2021.
On January 13 of this year, reinfection was confirmed in a 30-year-old woman.
For reinfection to be confirmed, the SVF clarifies that it is necessary for the patient to obtain a positive result in two RT-PCR tests, with an interval of 90 days between one infection and another.
The FVS-AM also reported that today, after confirming these two cases, it issued an alert to the Cievs (Center for Strategic Information for Health Surveillance) of the Ministry of Health.
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