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Strains of the coronavirus that mutated in the UK have been found in travelers to Greece, Greek media reported. This is the same strain found in Cyprus over the weekend, Greek health authorities added, cited by the “Keep Talking Grease” portal, BGNES reported.
According to them, the mutated strain VOC 202021/01 was found in passengers who returned to Greece.
Travelers have been quarantined at a hotel, the news website news247 noted.
The VOC 202012/01 strain is localized in several countries, mainly due to travel during the Christmas and New Year holidays, and this has caused even greater concern in the scientific community.
The member of the Ministry of Health, Gkikas Majorkinis, recently said in a briefing that “there are analyzes that confirm that this new strain is no longer pathogenic and that the chances of reinfection do not increase, in the sense that if we have been infected in the passed with the old virus type, we don’t have a higher chance of getting the new mutation. “
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