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Lithuania confirms first case of Brazilian Covid-19 variant
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A woman with a facemask in Vilnius (associative image) / D. Umbrasas/LRT
The first case of the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has been confirmed in Lithuania, the country s National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory reported on Tuesday.
Epidemiologist Gytis Duda says the mutation is considered more dangerous because it poses a higher risk of re-infection or infection after vaccination.
The National Public Health Centre says that the infected person caught the virus abroad, so the Brazilian variant is unlikely to be spreading in Lithuania.
The laboratory also identified 469 cases of the British variant and 15 cases of the B.1.620 variant that was first found in Lithuania s Anykščiai.
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