Milestone comes as country detects community transmission of South Africa variant Alyssa McMurtry | 04.02.2021
OVIEDO, Spain
Spain’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 60,000 on Wednesday as the country detected community transmission of the South African variant for the first time.
Catalan Public Health Secretary Josep Maria Argimon told a news conference Wednesday that the South Africa variant was detected in Barcelona. The person infected by it had no clear contact with South Africa.
“There are probably more cases,” Argimon said.
From Wednesday, Spain restricted travel with Brazil and South Africa out of fears around mutations detected in the country, which some scientists suggest are more contagious and less responsive to vaccines.
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