New York asks for measures against the new strain of covid after detecting more cases

New York, Jan 9 (EFE) .- The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, again demanded this Saturday from the federal Administration measures to stop the new strain of covid-19 discovered in the United Kingdom after detecting three new cases in the state.
Five days after finding a first infected with this variant of the virus, New York today announced another three, two of them linked to that first case and another without any relationship.
“There is no mystery about how it got here. He got on a plane and flew here from Europe, just like the original strain, ”Cuomo said at a press conference, in which he again charged the federal government for not forcing all international travelers to test.
“His lack of action means that the rest of us have to be much more vigilant in our work to stop the expansion, as well as do everything we can to accelerate the distribution of vaccines,” added the Democratic politician.
Around the United States, dozens of cases of the new variant of the coronavirus have already been detected, which apparently is transmitted more easily, although it does not seem to trigger more severe symptoms.
According to the first studies, the vaccines developed so far should also be effective against this strain.
Since the variant was discovered in the United Kingdom, the New York authorities have demanded stricter measures from Washington to control its progress in the United States and, in the absence of responses, have taken some actions on their own.
Thus, Cuomo agreed with the airlines that connect British airports with those in New York to test passengers and the vigilance on the quarantines to which those arriving in the state must be subjected, especially from the United Kingdom, has been tightened.
The governor also announced that the previous day a new record for covid-19 tests was reached in the state, with a total of more than 258,000, for a population of just under 20 million people.
Of these, 6.57% were positive, while 188 deaths were registered.
According to the state count, a total of 31,519 people have died from the coronavirus in New York, of the almost 370,000 who have lost their lives in the United States.

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