The new strain of Covid-19 has also been found in the UK, Germany and Italy / Article

The new strain of Covid-19 has also been found in the UKArtyom Konohov00:00 / 00:00

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The United Kingdom became the youngest European country to detect two new strains of coronavirus B.1.1.529. cases. One is found in Nottingham and the other near London. To stop the omicron from spreading, the UK government has put four more countries on the so-called red list. These are Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola. These countries joined the already red-listed South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swatin, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

In this way, the United Kingdom hopes not to repeat the mistakes made in the past, when entry was allowed in spite of rapidly rising morbidity rates. Latvia has a similar ban.

In Germany, the first two cases of Covid-19 omicron infection have been reported in Munich, according to Klaus Holeeckek, Bavarian health minister.

The two infected arrived in Germany from South Africa on November 24.

In Italy, on the other hand, infection with the new strain of the virus has been detected in a person from Mozambique.

As is well known, the first case of the new Covid-19 was identified in Europe In Belgium. Leading epidemiologist Mark Van Ranst has reported on the Twitter network that the man arrived in Belgium from November 11. No further information is made public.

Meanwhile, cases of the omicron are also suspected in the Czech Republic, but one new case has been identified in Israel.

In turn In the Netherlands among passengers arriving from south africa on friday, 61 positive cases of covid-19 were detected. It is not yet known whether any of these passengers are infected with the new strain of the virus.

In total, about 600 passengers arrived in the Netherlands on several planes from South Africa on Friday. Immediately after landing, they were taken to a segregated room where they were forced to wait four hours for a test. Many of the passengers expressed their dissatisfaction with the poor organization of the testing and the long waiting times.

Those who receive a positive result must spend at least five days in quarantine at a hotel near the airport. But for those who have a negative result, there is a certain self-isolation at home.

For its part, the South African Foreign Ministry has expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that many countries have disrupted air traffic. A statement circulated states that South Africa is being punished for being able to discover a new form and tell the world about it. “Outstanding science should receive praise, not punishment,” the ministry added. The South African government also points out that the omicron has been discovered elsewhere in the world, but flights to these countries are not being stopped.

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Scientific designation of the new variant B.1.1.529. It has a very large number of mutations. Scientists believe it could be more contagious than the delta variant of the Covid-19 virus, as well as more resistant to the vaccines currently being developed.

The World Health Organization has named it the “omicron” variant and classified it as alarming. The Government of Latvia has therefore imposed travel restrictions on eight African countries.

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