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A suspected case of coronavirus with the new strain was also detected in Romania. This is a patient hospitalized in Matei Balş. The infected person has recently returned from the UK. This is a man who had symptoms of coronavirus.
Matei Balș specialists say that to confirm the new strain, additional tests are needed and the result will be available only in 24-48 hours.
Specifically, the test markers for coronavirus have been elevated, so there are strong suspicions that this is the new strain of coronavirus.
“In the Institute’s genetics laboratory, two tests had different results in amplification compared to the results known so far,” Cătălin Apostolescu, a spokesman for Matei Balș, said in a television newscast.
“There are two samples taken, but the sequencing will be done in the next few days and we will see if it is confirmed. For now, there is speculation, it is a suspicion, “said Cătălin Apostolescu, spokesman for the Matei Balș Hospital.
The variant, known as B.1.1.7., Generated panic around the world, although it did not lead, at least for the moment, to more serious cases of Covid-19 than those reported so far. However, due to its higher degree of infectivity, which would automatically lead to overcrowding of hospitals at a time when many countries are already struggling with increases in coronavirus cases, as well as the anticipation of further increases. As a result of holidays and travel, European states, and not only, are keeping an eye on the UK.
The list of countries that have identified infections with the new variant of COVID-19 includes, in addition to the United States, Great Britain and Turkey: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland. , Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan.
