The New Zealand Health Ministry announced the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant last June in a man coming from abroad, initially reported in a number of countries including South Africa, Congo, China, New Zealand, the United Kingdom.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health confirmed to the ‘New Zealand Herald’ newspaper that ‘the man who came from abroad, was infected with the С strain. 1.2 On arrival he was placed in a government quarantine centre, which avoided the spread of infection, but the risk of a new, highly mutated strain exists.’
A spokesman added to the newspaper ‘The Ministry of Health is closely monitoring all strains of corona of concern. This is one of the reasons why we are checking the genome sequence of the virus in all positive samples.’
The new strain of the COVID-19, called C-1.2, was discovered by specialists at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in South Africa.
The strain may be more contagious and at the same time more resistant to vaccines.
Recent research indicates that C-1.2 has already penetrated the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Switzerland and Mauritius.
The New Zealand authorities extended, earlier this month, the national closure they imposed to contain the new epicenter of the Covid-19 epidemic, amid fears of an escalation of the outbreak of the highly contagious Delta mutant.
The Tokyo Medical University in Japan confirmed reporting the first case of infection in the country with a new type of highly contagious delta variant, mutated from the emerging Covid-19, which carries in its composition a mutation similar to the Alpha variant.
The university said in a statement published by the Japanese newspaper ‘Japan Times’ on its website on Tuesday that the new type of Delta was discovered in a patient at an affiliated hospital earlier this month She carried the L452R mutation seen in the delta variant, as well as the N501S mutation, which is similar to the N501Y mutation and is often carried by the alpha strain.
The delta variant, first detected in India in October and recorded by Japan in April, has caused an increase in new COVID-19 cases across the world.
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