South Carolina, United States.
The variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa was detected in two people from the state of South Carolina (USA) no history of recent trips, State officials reported Thursday.
These are the the first two cases which are known in the country of the variant B.1351 from’ Crown virus, highly transmissible according to experts, though the lack of travel of the two affected patients suggests that this virus branch was already present in this community cwhere previously.
“This is important information that the inhabitants of South Carolina they must have, but nor panic “, Noted South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on his Twitter account.
So far, the variant B.1.351 has been identified in more than 30 countries, but these are the first cases identified in the US, according to state officials, who only confirmed that the two patients are resident adults in Lowcountry and Pee Dee, two regions of this southern state.
In response to the cases found in South Carolina, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sought to reassure the population about the gravity of this new variant.
“At this time, we have no evidence that infections for this variant cause 1 more serious illness. Like the UK and Brazil variants, preliminary data suggest that this variant may spread more easily and quickly than other variants, ”CDC experts said.
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In fact, the research suggest that the South African variant of the coronavirus spreads about 50% faster and the natural antibodies they are less effective in front of you, but it does not cause one more severe disease.
It is the second known variant that has expanded widely in the world with mutations in this area, after the discovery in the United Kingdom.
The detection of the South African variant in American soil comes when the American country records 25.6 million infections and 429,870 deaths from Crown virus, The most affected in the world. EFE