China News Agency, Moscow, January 10th. Popova, the director of the Russian Federation's Consumer Rights Protection and Public Welfare Supervision Bureau, said in an interview with Russia's "Channel 1" on the 10th that Russia has found the first case of mutated new coronavirus infection reported by the United Kingdom. .
Popova said that at the end of 2020, a Russian citizen who had returned to Russia from the UK was tested to be infected with this mutated new coronavirus.
The infected person had no symptoms at the time and is currently in good condition.
Popova said that Russia's existing testing reagents can detect this mutant new coronavirus, and the new coronavirus vaccine that has been registered in Russia is also effective against this mutant virus.
Popova mentioned that the mutated new crown virus first reported in the UK is not more dangerous, nor will it make the symptoms after infection more serious, but it is more contagious.
Popova said that it is too early to say that the Russian epidemic has stabilized.
However, in early January 2021, compared with late December last year, the number of new infections in a single day dropped by 12%.
Workers in the transportation and trade sectors are currently at the highest risk of infection.
On December 14 and 23, 2020, the United Kingdom announced the discovery of two mutant new coronaviruses.
Since then, Russia announced that it will suspend flights with the United Kingdom from December 22 to January 12 and require people entering Russia from the United Kingdom to be isolated for two weeks.
According to the news from the Russian New Coronavirus Epidemic Prevention Headquarters on the 10th, in the past day, China and Russia had 22,815 new cases of new coronavirus infections, and the cumulative number of infections in Russia exceeded 3.401 million.
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