reported the first case of the variant in Rio de Janeiro

reported the first case of the variant in Rio de Janeiro

It is an isolated case, without community transmission, the municipal government said in a statement.

The patient has been with mild symptoms, under medical surveillance and in home isolation since December 13, when she arrived in Brazil, he continued.

All of his contacts were traced and tested negative, the note added, the Ansa news agency reported.

The city of São Paulo confirmed in early December the first three cases of Ómicron in Brazil in two passengers from South Africa, the country where the mutation was first identified, and a third from Ethiopia.

Since then, Brazil, with 213 million inhabitants and the third country most affected by the pandemic behind the United States and India, has already accounted for more than twenty confirmed cases of the variant, although at the moment no deaths have been reported.

Regarding the vaccination campaign, Brazil has already immunized with at least one dose in the country amounting to 160,442,944, which is equivalent to 75.21% of the total population.

Of these, 141.4 million, that is, 66.29%, received both doses. Finally, 22.7 million Brazilians also received the third dose.

Source From: Ambito

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