The Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, confirmed this Friday morning the first positive case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Mexico.
“Is a 51-year-old from South Africa; He has a mild illness and voluntarily admitted to a private hospital in Mexico City to avoid contagion. His recovery prognosis is favorable, “said the federal official.
Since November 26, we established a virological surveillance protocol that early identifies Covid-19 cases in people arriving from any country, wrote in social networks, and recalled that closing borders and blocking people or goods are not useful measures to contain the variants of coronavirus.
He called to remain calm and continue to apply measures to avoid contagions such as healthy distance, the use of face masks, sneezing and frequent hand washing.
On November 30, López-Gatell assured that the Ómicron variant will be one of the predominant in the world. “Of course that can include Mexico, let’s take it for granted,” he said.
The Undersecretary of Health assured at the time that the effectiveness of the vaccines applied in the country is still in force despite the variant. Regarding the travel suspension, he reiterated that it had no scientific basis.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx