sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Barcelona / Madrid - NOV 29, 2021 - 10:43Actualizado:NOV 29, 2021 - 11:32 EST
Spain is seeking to protect itself from the new variant of the coronavirus, which has been designated omicron. The mutations in the virus detected a week ago in South Africa and Botswana have been identified in half-a-dozen or so European countries, and Spanish hospitals are already searching for them.
On Monday, the microbiology department at the Gregorio Marañon Hospital in Madrid confirmed the first case detected in Spain so far of the new variant. It was found in a traveler who had arrived from South Africa. “We managed to use an ultra-fast procedure that permits us to get the result in the same day,” the hospital’s laboratory explained via its Twitter account. “The patient is doing well.”
As the search for this variant progresses, today the Health Ministry strengthened controls on all passengers arriving in Spain from the south of Africa: those traveling from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesoto, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe will have to quarantine for 10 days.
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https://english.elpais.com/society/2...th-africa.html
Spain is seeking to protect itself from the new variant of the coronavirus, which has been designated omicron. The mutations in the virus detected a week ago in South Africa and Botswana have been identified in half-a-dozen or so European countries, and Spanish hospitals are already searching for them.
On Monday, the microbiology department at the Gregorio Marañon Hospital in Madrid confirmed the first case detected in Spain so far of the new variant. It was found in a traveler who had arrived from South Africa. “We managed to use an ultra-fast procedure that permits us to get the result in the same day,” the hospital’s laboratory explained via its Twitter account. “The patient is doing well.”
As the search for this variant progresses, today the Health Ministry strengthened controls on all passengers arriving in Spain from the south of Africa: those traveling from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesoto, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe will have to quarantine for 10 days.
more..
https://english.elpais.com/society/2...th-africa.html
