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UK variant represents 48% of cases in Portugal

UK variant represents 48% of cases in Portugal The variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom has been found to be responsible for almost half of the cases of covid-19 in Portugal, when in early January it represented just 8% of infections, according to the Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute (INSA). As of February 16 [Tuesday], we estimate that this variant represents around 48% of all covid-19 cases in Portugal, João Paulo Gomes, INSA researcher and coordinator of the study on diversity, told Lusa genetics of the new coronavirus in Portugal. According to INSA data, the incidence in the country of this variant of the virus that causes covid-19, considered more contagious, has been growing since the beginning of the year, registering a constant increase over several weeks, in the period in which the highest number of infections was registered in Portugal.

Portugal deemed high risk for Brazil strain – but it s the UK variant driving country s third wave

Portugal deemed ‘high risk’ for Brazil strain – but it’s the UK variant driving country’s third wave As ministers move to protect Britain, the Kent mutation is thought to be behind the Iberian country s current health crisis 27 January 2021 • 7:00pm Record death tolls from the pandemic were set each day last week Credit: AP The news that Portugal is to be classed as a “high risk” nation and its citizens subject to two weeks hotel quarantine when arriving in the UK has hardly registered in the Iberian country, which is fighting a devastating third wave of the virus. Although the new measures, announced by the Prime Minister, have been put in place in a bid to prevent the new Brazilian variant of the virus reaching Britain, it is the fast-moving UK variant that is driving the crisis in Portugal.

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