The Municipal Health Department confirmed this Wednesday (15) seven new cases of the omicron variant. With that, the capital of São Paulo reaches ten patients diagnosed with Covid by infection of this strain of coronavirus.
The seven new cases are related to a 67-year-old patient who tested positive for the new variant last Friday (10).
In a statement, the administration of Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) said that all patients have mild symptoms, are serving quarantine at home and being monitored by the secretariat.
The first two patients in the city diagnosed with omicron have already ended the period of isolation, according to the city.
According to the state Department of Health, community transmission of the new variant in the state is not confirmed. The new confirmations are restricted to people who had contact with already diagnosed patients, a situation technically called “localized cluster”.
With the seven new cases in the capital, the state now has 13 confirmed cases of omicron so far.
Last Sunday (12), the Ministry of Health confirmed six cases of the new variant in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (2), Goiás (2) and the Federal District (2). There has been no update since then on the number of cases recorded by the federal government.
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The existence of the new strain was reported to the WHO (World Health Organization) on the 24th, after the emergence of cases in South Africa. Since then, there has been confirmation of infections caused by omicron in the five continents.
“Given the mutations that could confer the ability to escape an immune response, and give it an advantage in terms of transmissibility, the probability that the omicron will propagate around the world is high,” the organization said on the 29th.
On the same day, health ministers from G7 countries warned that the variant requires urgent action. “The international community faces the threat of a new highly transmissible variant of Covid-19, which requires urgent action,” the ministers said in a joint statement.
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