Mexico records first case of new Covid-19 variant January 11, 2021 | Matamoros, Tamaulipas — The first case of the new Covid-19 variant has been recorded in Mexico. The news was made public Sunday night by José Luis Alomía, the director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, who reports the carrier is a 56-year-old man. The man, who landed in Mexico City from Amsterdam on his way to the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, was found to be positive after performing a mandatory test. “Mexico joins with the identification of this variant, an imported case identified for the Mexican territory,” said Luis Alomía who said the traveler was asymptomatic during the flight.