First Case of the Indian Strain in the Canary Islands

Canary Islands

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The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has reported the result of the sequencing of the sample taken from the sailor who is admitted to the Doctor Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria , confirming that it is a case of the so-called Indian strain.

Specifically, the Department specifies that it is the variant B.1.1.617.2, better known as the Indian subvariant strain 2. "This subvariant does not present the E484Q mutation, so far no it has shown neither greater contagiousness nor greater virulence ", or resistance to the vaccine.

The referred patient is a young man, who was transferred from an offshore vessel after showing symptoms of Covid. At the moment he is "stable" and his health situation "does not show seriousness".

As for the rest of the ship's crew, the ship is in quarantine, with the exception of two of his companions, who have tested positive and are isolated in a lodging establishment.

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