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Coronavirus variant detected in South Africa is already circulating in Spain – EL PAÍS in English
The first case of local contagion of this more-infectious mutation has been found in Barcelona, after random testing was carried out on positive cases. Spain currently…
Spain is facing the arrival of a new, more-contagious strain of the coronavirus: the one that has been identified in South Africa. On Wednesday, Catalonia reported one of these cases after genetic sequencing was carried out on random samples taken from new positives.
Its a case that we have just detected and we are starting epidemiological research, said the head of microbiology at Barcelonas Vall dHebron, Tomàs Pumarola.
This development in the ongoing health crisis comes at a time when Spain has…
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