The Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid has reported this Monday of the first case of infection of the omicron variant of coronavirus in Spain, a traveler from South Africa who he is okay”, as confirmed by the Madrid hospital.
According to the information released by the Madrid Ministry of Health, it is a 51-year-old male who returned from South Africa on November 28 with a stopover in Amsterdam. The General Directorate of Public Health has established an epidemiological surveillance procedure of possible close contacts that the infected person could have during the flight that landed in Madrid.
It was confirmed today by sequencing. We have managed to set up an ultra-fast procedure that allows us to have the result in the same day. The patient is fine. #COVID19 #OmicronVariant
– Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Gregorio Marañón (@Mic_Inf_Maranon) November 29, 2021
The General Directorate of Public Health maintains epidemiological surveillance of the close contacts of the flight that landed in Madrid from the Dutch capital. The positive was detected by a screening with antigen test at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport.
At the moment, the first infected by the omicron variant in Spain is with mild symptoms and in isolation saving quarantine.
The Microbiology Service of the hospital center has sequenced and confirmed this case in the early afternoon. “We have managed to set up a ultra-fast procedure that allows us to have the result on the same day, “he reported on Twitter.
“Very high” risk
Taking into account the high mutations of omicron, with the potential to be more resistant to immunization and more contagious, the risk of the variant being transmitted worldwide is “high”, has indicated the WHO document. “There may be new waves of covid-19 with serious consequences, depending on many factors, such as where those waves occur,” the report anticipated.
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The Ministry of Health has published the order that establishes mandatory quarantine for travelers on flights from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
Passengers on flights from these 7 countries bound for any airport located in Spain, must be quarantined during the 10 days following your arrival, or throughout your stay in Spain if it is less than that period.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com