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In a recent Health report, the ministry admits that "

at this time the risk for Spain of new introductions and dissemination is considered very high

."

Although he qualifies and explains that "the

impact on healthcare pressure at this time is considered low

, but it could lead to a greater number of admissions in proportion to the increase in incidence".

He also mentions the risk of reinfections due to this variant that "he considers low and although data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in relation to this variant is awaited, so far there are no studies that conclusively indicate that it is diminished ".

On the evaluation carried out by the experts, "with the available evidence,

the variant of SARS-CoV-2 called VOC 202012/01, belonging to the B 117 lineage -British strain-, is associated with a greater transmission capacity

, which may condition a higher incidence of the disease in places where it circulates and the infection prevention measures are not strictly applied ".

To the date of this report, the communities have reported

157 confirmed cases

of this variant: Andalusia (37), Madrid (28), Balearic Islands (25), Valencian Community (6), Basque Country (9), Navarra (4), Castilla-La Mancha (13), Castilla y León (7), Asturias (16), Catalonia (1), Murcia (6) and Galicia (6).

In addition, other suspected cases are being investigated whose samples are being sequenced by the National Microbiology Center and the designated laboratories of the autonomous regions.

Likewise, Iceland has communicated through the

EWRS the detection of 4 positive cases with the British variant in tourists from the Canary Islands

.

Most of the detected cases are epidemiologically related to the United Kingdom, but some communities have reported cases where an epidemiological link could not be established, for the time being.

Such is the case of Madrid, with 9 cases, the Valencian Community with 2 and the Basque Country with 3. In addition, the variant was detected in wastewater from Granada on December 17, 2020

On this occasion, this document is signed by not only experts from the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, with María José Sierra Moros and Fernando Simón Soria -among the best known-, together with members of the Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Flu of the National Center for Microbiology, other National Center for Epidemiology, the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia and the University of Valencia and FISABIO.

OTHER STRAINS DETECTED

In the same document, it is stated that on December 18, 2020,

South Africa announced the detection of a new variant called 501Y.V2 (B.1.351)

, also due to the presence of the N501Y mutation.

"This same mutation is present in the British variant, VOC 202012/01 (B117), although the phylogenetic analysis indicates that they are different variants," the document states.

It also states that "

this variant has displaced the rest of the variants in circulation in South Africa since November

, which indicates that it may have a greater transmission capacity, without there having been evidence of greater virulence."

In this sense, he points out that "as of January 18, the variant had already been detected in South Africa (447), United Kingdom (54), Botswana (6), Australia (5), Germany (5), Ireland (3), France (2), Switzerland (2), Finland (2), Norway (1), South Korea (1), Sweden (1) and the Netherlands (1) ".

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