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A mutant coronavirus infection also appeared in California on the 30th (local time) after Colorado, USA.
In particular, in Colorado, where the first mutant virus infection appeared in the United States the day before, a new suspicion of infection was reported that day and health authorities are very tense.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said in an interview with Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) on Facebook, that a mutant virus infection was confirmed in Southern California, the Washington Post reported ( WP) and CNN.
Governor Newsom said: “I was notified that this new mutation, which was discovered in England and other parts of the world, and yesterday in Colorado, this new type, was discovered here in Southern California about an hour ago.”
The infected person began showing symptoms on the 27th and was a 30-year-old man who was tested for Corona 19 in San Diego County that day. There is no known travel history, as was the case with Colorado’s first confirmed mutation.
This suggests the possibility of infection through community transmission, “suggests that the mutant coronavirus is spreading in some communities in the United States,” said WP.
“I don’t think this is an isolated infection in San Diego County because I don’t have a travel history,” said San Diego County Commissioner Nathan Fletcher. “There are probably more infections from the mutation.”
“I don’t think Californians should feel this strange,” Pouch said.
In Colorado, someone else is suspected of being infected with the mutant virus and verification is ongoing.
Colorado State Department of Public Health and Environment Supervisor Emily Travanti said the samples were suspected of being a mutant virus but were not confirmed.
The suspected infection is a member of the National Guard, as well as a man in his 20s who was confirmed as a mutant infection the day before, and has been working at a nursing facility called the Good Samaritan Society in Sylmar, Elbert County , Colorado, since 23.
The two have been sent to this nursing facility, where the labor shortage has been exacerbated by the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (a new coronavirus infection), and they have been working in non-medical positions.
There were a total of 26 residents at the facility, all of whom were determined to be infected with Corona 19, of whom 4 died.
Confirmed and suspected mutations in Colorado are also believed to be highly likely to be infected through the community, as they have no travel history.
Denver Health Medical Center physician Anuz Metha said the fact that the first confirmed mutation had no travel history “reasonably suggests there is more spread across the state.” “You have to assume that he was infected by community transmission.” Said.
The mutant coronavirus, which is known to have started in the UK in September, has so far been discovered in 19 countries, including the UK, and scientists believe it is about 70% more contagious than the existing virus.
However, it is believed that the symptoms of the infection are not more serious or that the fatality rate is higher and that the efficacy of the developed vaccine does not change. It is known that people who have been infected with the existing coronavirus will not be reinfected with the mutant virus.
Dr. Henry Walk, Corona 19 response director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was concerned that the mutation could “lead to more infections and put more pressure on the already overwhelmed medical system.”
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