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In Madrid, a newcomer from the UK on Christmas Eve infected his parents and sister, says Antonio Zapatero in the Spanish capital’s medical unit. The traveler himself has not yet received the test results. Three other suspected cases with the new mutation of the virus are being investigated and the results of their tests, according to Zapatero, are expected on Tuesday or Wednesday, writes the newspaper El País.
The fourth confirmed case is a young man who arrived from the United Kingdom a few days before and where he has now been seen to be wearing the new crown branch. None of them are seriously ill.
High numbers in Japan
Japan registered 3,800 new cases on Friday, the highest daily figure to date, of which five have the new British variant.
Four of the five show no symptoms of illness and one is a child under the age of ten. Health Minister Tako Wakita says that since these cases were discovered during tests at the airport, the newer virus is not believed to have spread to society.
French traveler
A case with the new variant has also been discovered in France. It was with a French citizen living in the UK. He returned home from London on December 19 and tested positive two days later.
French authorities have performed PCR testing on all travelers from the UK and also from South Africa, where another new branch of mutation has been identified.
Earlier, the Irish authorities announced that a case of the virus mutation had been discovered on Christmas Day. According to AFP, similar suspicious cases have been reported in Germany and Lebanon.
Infected Danes
On Christmas Eve, 33 Danes were reported to have been infected with the British variant, and it had also been discovered in the Netherlands.
Many countries stopped UK travelers last weekend when it started reporting on the new, much more contagious crown variant. Sweden also restricted travel from Denmark.
Amery von Schoultz / TT
The new mutation spreads faster, but why is unknown. It may be that it infects cells more effectively, or that it has entered groups with great social interaction.
It does not cause a more serious illness than the usual variant of the virus.
It was discovered in September, but it only began to be investigated further recently when it was found that it behaves notably differently.
There is no indication that your risk of getting sick again increases if you have already had COVID-19.
Source: TT interview with microbiologist Mia Brytting from the Swedish Public Health Agency
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