The “British” strain of the coronavirus has reached Spain: at least four people in Madrid have a new COVID-19 mutation. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Saturday, December 26.
According to preliminary information, these are persons who arrived from the United Kingdom.
Earlier on Saturday, it became known that a new strain of coronavirus, which was detected in the UK in September this year, discovered in France. A new type of coronavirus was found in a man who arrived in Tours from the UK. He is currently in self-isolation.
A day earlier, a similar strain was discovered in Ireland and Japan, December 24 – in Germany.
A dangerous mutation of the coronavirus was first discovered in the UK in September. To date, about a thousand cases of infection with the new strain have been registered. The mutation has also been identified in patients in the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Italy. The British Advisory Board on New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats said this variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster.