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In order to reduce the speed of arrival of the new variant and its impact on Colombian cities the Ministry of Health indicated that measures are being taken to stop the spread of this Brazilian variant P1.
Additionally, the National Institute of Health will strengthen the sampling for genomic surveillance. “In this way we will try to identify the evolution of the spread of this variant. I also know took measures to protect health security with the strengthening of epidemiological surveillance and in the next few days, a technical team hired by the UNGDR will arrive to complete the PRASS response, ”said Julián Fernández Niño, director of Epidemiology and Demography of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
This new variant of the virus, the official recalled, “It has no evidence of being more aggressive in the term that it produces more serious diseases; however, it appears to be more contagious and there is suggestive evidence that it could resist the antibodies of the other variants and therefore be associated with reinfections, however this is not conclusive yet ”.
Regarding the current situation, Fernández stated that it is still early to evaluate the epidemiological behavior, prevalence and potential impact of this variant in the border area and in the capital of the department of Amazonas. Nor has there been a significant increase in cases yet.
Therefore, continuously and every 15 days the advisory committee will evaluate the evolution of the situation international epidemiological analysis of the tri-national amazon, as well as scientific evidence on the clinical and epidemiological behavior of the virus.
“Based on the above, the continuity or not of the measure that we hope it is temporary, while we have more scientific information and epidemiological ”, concluded Fernández.
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