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The first cases of the new coronavirus mutation were also identified in Greece.
A long-awaited development, as infectious disease specialists point out, since the new coronavirus mutation, recently detected in Great Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, but also previously in South Africa and Australia, has spread and detected in several European countries, but also in Latin America (Brazil).
How the cases of the coronavirus mutation arrived
According to information from the Athenian-Macedonian news agency, all four cases of the mutated strain were found in travelers from Great Britain. The four who arrived in our country for the Christmas period, tested positive for the coronavirus after a rapid test. They were taken to a quarantine hotel and subjected to molecular testing and after testing it was found that they were positive for the new strain of coronavirus found in Britain.
In the UK for the past two weeks there has been a spread of the virus mutation, which has caused alarm, but scientists seem reassuring that it is an expected development.
Gogos: it is natural that the mutation also exists in Greece
Speaking to the main Alpha bulletin, Charalambos Gogos stressed that this mutation is expected to also reach our country. “The mutated virus will not have borders, with transfers from one country to another we will definitely have cases of the mutated virus throughout Europe and obviously there will be in our country, and it seems that such strains have already been detected.” he characteristically said.
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“That is why in general there is this skepticism regarding the contagion and the holidays and the presence of this virus in Great Britain it existed in other European countries and it is very natural that it exists in Greece,” he added. “The presence of a mutation in our country does not change the data. It is something to be expected. Of course we don’t know how far it has come. We have to look at the epidemiological data, that is, what is the dispersion and what was the effect of mobility and this may have consequences in the recording of its epidemiological parameters ”, concluded the professor.
Europeans are concerned about the coronavirus mutation
Scientists present the coronavirus mutation as an expected event, noting that it is no more dangerous than the virus itself, but at the same time several countries are concerned that it is spreading rapidly. In fact, the mutated virus has reached Brazil, but also China, while in Denmark it has spread significantly. The outbreaks appear to be exacerbated in France, Spain, Israel, India, Germany, and other countries. In Italy, a different mutation of the coronavirus has also been identified, which was detected in the Brescia region.
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