Jul 6, 2021
COVID Variants in Up to 30% of Test Samples
While fears and speculation about the Delta variant continues and the results from Baylor University are not yet in, News Five has learned that unidentified variants have been detected in up to thirty percent of recent samples taken from active COVID-19 cases – samples that for the most part originate from northern Belize. News Five’s Paul Lopez went to the Central Medical Lab today to talk to the technicians about this disturbing new twist in the pandemic.
Paul Lopez, Reporting
The lab detected its first set of variants of concern in samples sent from the Northern Health Region in Orange Walk.