Authorities concerned about rise of mutated Covid-19 strain cases in Greece
January 20, 2021
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Greek health authorities are concerned about the possible spread of the new, mutated strain of coronavirus that is thought to be a lot more contagious than the previous one. The number of cases infected with the mutated strain have rose to 26.
The majority of those infected with the new strain are travelers who came from abroad and were detected at the entrance gates of the country. However, for two cases the source of contamination cannot be traced.
The two patients infected with the mutated strain live in Athens and Heraklio Crete. They have not traveled abroad or had contact with someone who has traveled abroad recently, media reported. However, the two patients have reportedly traveled within the country.
Credit: Wikimedia CommonsA Covid-19 mutant strain that infected mink during the second wave of the pandemic in November has also spread to humans in Western Macedonia, scientists say. According to scienstists of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (IIBEAA), the mutated strain is responsible for the largest spread of the pandemic in Northern…
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