A new
variant
of the
coronavirus
, B.1.1.529, has been detected in South Africa.
The
variant
B.1.1.529 has an "extremely high" number of
mutations
and "we can see that it
has a very high potential for spread ,
" said virologist Tulio de Oliveira.
The concern in South Africa is maximum since the number of
daily
infections
in this country, the worst hit in the continent by the
pandemic
, has multiplied by ten since the beginning of the month.
The data of the coronavirus in Spain
Total figures
: 5,121,100 confirmed coronavirus cases with diagnostic test for active infection;
There have been 87,931 deaths with a positive test as of November 24, 2021.
819,157 in Andalusia (11,329 dead)
167,765 in Aragon (3,935 dead)
72,915 in Asturias (2,087 dead)
104,563 in the Balearic Islands (1,019 dead)
101,956 in the Canary Islands (1,040 dead)
47,751 in Cantabria (613 dead)
243,825 in Castilla-La Mancha (6,523 dead)
307,542 in Castilla y León (7,405 dead)
954,084 in Catalonia (16,013 dead)
7,649 in Ceuta (128 dead)
527,771 in the Valencian Community (7,887 dead)
104,334 in Extremadura (1,995 dead)
191,566 in Galicia (2,662 dead)
911,153 in Madrid (16,288 dead)
11,204 in Melilla (113 dead)
145,881 in Murcia (1,765 dead)
87,328 in Navarra (1,262 dead)
274,200 in the Basque Country (5,039 dead)
40,456 in La Rioja (828 dead)
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07.00.
South Africa detects a new variant of the coronavirus with multiple mutations
A new
variant
of
coronavirus
, potentially more contagious and with multiple mutations, has been detected in South Africa, which may face a
new pandemic wave
, according to scientists.
In fact, the number of daily infections in this country, the worst hit in the continent by the
pandemic
, has multiplied by ten since the beginning of the month.
The
variant B.1.1.529
has an "extremely high" number of mutations and "we can see that it
has a very high potential for spread ,
" said virologist Tulio de Oliveira during a press conference online the Ministry of Health.
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His team at the KRISP research institute, which belongs to the University of Kwazulu-Natal, discovered the beta variant, which is highly contagious as well, last year.
After the announcement, the British government announced that it was banning travel with South Africa and five neighboring countries (Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Botswana) amid fears that the variant is even more contagious than the delta.
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