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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; has mild illness and voluntarily admitted to a private hospital in Mexico City to avoid contagion. His recovery prognosis is favorable, “said the federal official.
The 51-year-old person of South African origin. He arrived in Mexico on November 21 and, six days later, presented characteristic symptoms of Covid-19 mild and received medical attention in a private hospital in Mexico City on November 29, reported the Health Secretary.
Since November 26, we established a virological surveillance protocol that early identifies cases of Covid-19 in people who come 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.
Before the announcement, the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador He acknowledged that a suspicious case was about to be confirmed, although he asked the population not to be alarmed. “One of the things that this variant has, so far, is that it is not harmful, it is not more dangerous than the other variants,” he said in his usual morning conference.
The Health Secretary later detailed that the people who had contact with the individual no symptoms so far or positivity to Covid-19.
To date, in our country the circulation of the variants of concern, called Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Omicron.
The Omicron variant It had already been presented previously in the other two neighboring countries of Mexico, Canada and the United States.
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.
This Friday, Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) stated, that although the new omicron variant appeared to be very communicable, the correct response was to be prepared, be cautious and not panic.
WHO has urged countries to increase health care capacity and vaccinate their populations to combat the rise in Covid-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant. Mexico has vaccinated 50% of its population with a complete scheme older than 18 years-old.
