Three new variants of COVID-19 were discovered a few weeks ago, leading to more worldwide surveillance as officials say a variant found in the UK could be up to 70 per cent higher. movement.
However, none of the variables have so far been found to be more lethal, or more likely to be able to avoid vaccines or medications.
A new variant was first reported in the UK on December 14. Named VUI-202012/01 (the first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020), it is thought to have first appeared in mid-September.
Named by some experts as the B117 line, this has quickly become a mainstream in cases of COVID-19 in many parts of the UK.
Last week, South Africa reported another new strain that appears to have moved beyond the UK variable.
Called 501.V2, this variant is highly prevalent among newly diagnosed diseases in South Africa.
On December 24, the head of the African disease control group reported that another COVID-19 strain, known as the P681H, was identified in Nigeria.
It is of a different line from the other mutations but does not appear to spread as fast as the other two new variants.
Below is a list of countries that have so far recorded cases of the new strains of coronavirus.
Australia
On 21 December Australian health officials said two UK travelers had arrived in the country with the new snort.
Denmark
The World Health Organization said nine cases of various new findings had been discovered in Denmark.
France
On 25 December France discovered its first case of a new variation in a French national who returned from the British capital on 19 December.
He had no symptoms and was quarantined at his Tours downtown home.
Italy
On 23 December, Italy registered the second case of a new strain of the novel coronavirus near the central city of Ancona, but the patient had no direct contact with the UK, where the variant first appeared.
Laboratory director Stefano Menzo told Italian news agency ANSA that the strain was not the first to be discovered in the UK.
The country had already discovered the new COVID-19 snort on December 20 in a recent UK national. The patient landed at Rome’s Fiumicino airport and is now in quarantine.
Japan
On 25 December Japan reported its first five cases of the rapid spread in travelers arriving from the UK.
Lebanon
In Lebanon, the country’s caretaker health minister said on December 25 that a case of the new variant had been discovered on a flight from London.
The plane reached 202 Middle East Airlines on December 21, Hamad Hassan said, urging all in-flight passengers and their families to take precautionary measures.
Netherlands
On 22 December, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said the newly identified variant in the UK was found in two cases in the Amsterdam area.
Nigeria
On December 24, the head of the African disease control group announced the emergence of a new strain of the new coronavirus in Nigeria.
The variant was found in two patient samples collected on August 3 and October 9 in Nigeria’s Osun state, according to a working research paper seen by the Associated Press news agency.
Singapore
Singapore on 24 December confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the UK.
Among the 31 COVID-19 patients who arrived between November 17 and December 17, one was diagnosed with the B117 strain, while another 11 were diagnosed with the disease beforehand, and the results are Their confirmation is pending, the Singapore health ministry said.
Spain
Spain reported the first four cases of the new variant on December 26. All four diseases were related to travel to the UK, regional deputy head of health Antonio Zapatero said.
There are three other suspected cases of the coronavirus variant but test results will only be available Tuesday or Wednesday, Zapatero said.
South Africa
South Africa last week announced a new COVID-19 strain that appears to have moved beyond the UK variable. It has made its way to a number of countries including the UK.
Known as 501.V2, this variant is high among newly diagnosed diseases in South Africa, and appears to be more contagious than the original virus, according to health officials and scientists which guides the country’s virus strategy.
Sweden
The new strain of coronavirus circulating in the UK was discovered in Sweden after a UK passenger became ill on arrival and tested positive for it, the Swedish Health Organization said on 26 December .
Health Group official Sara Byfors told a news conference that the unidentified passenger had been left alone after arriving in Sweden and no other positive cases have been found so far.
United Kingdom
On December 14, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said more than 1,000 cases of a new variant of the coronavirus had been detected, mostly in the south of England.
On December 23, Hancock reported that the country had discovered two cases of another new coronavirus variant linked to South Africa.
“They are both reporters who have traveled from South Africa over the past few weeks,” Hancock told a media release.