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The person who tested positive for the South African mutation in Ticino is in isolation, as the cantonal health department announced on Friday. He traveled to Ticino from South Africa and is still there. She had tested positive before Christmas.
The South African variant of the virus has been officially confirmed for the third time in Switzerland. The BAG reported two confirmed cases on Tuesday. There were five confirmed cases of the mutation that appeared in Great Britain in Switzerland in late December.
Child and youth die
It was also announced on Friday that a child and a young adult had died in connection with a coronavirus infection. The child lived in the canton of St. Gallen, the adult in the canton of Zurich.
The Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) confirmed a message from 20min.ch on Friday. The child belonged to the category of children under 9 years of age, the adult to that of 20 to 29 years. BAG did not provide further details.
This means that at least three people under the age of 29 have died in Switzerland in connection with the coronavirus infection. At the end of May, the BAG reported the death of a child from the canton of Aargau.
