There is a new surge in the Manaus variant spreading in Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday the Ministry of Health in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is working to develop a study in that state, analyzes about 4,800 samples in six months.
According to “Valor Econômico”, An economic newspaper produced by the partnership of the Folha and Globo groups, P1.2 was found in 5.85% of the 376 samples analyzed in the second stage of the sequencing carried out by this entity.
Although the nature of this new mutation is not yet known and what it can be translated into, it has already been concluded that this same mutation is more present in that case than the British variant (B1.1.7).
“Until now, it is not possible to assess whether it is more transmissible or fatal,” said the Under Secretary of Health Surveillance in Rio de Janeiro and the coordinator of this study, Claudia Melo. Yes, P1.2 is known to circulate mainly in the north of that state, as has been identified in samples from the Metropolitan, Central, and Bixada Leto regions.
The main variant of Manaus virus (P1), of most concern besides those in South Africa and the United Kingdom, was present in 91.49% of the samples analyzed in this study, in Rio de Janeiro, the same article reveals in the economic journal. .
The study, which has already analyzed just 376 samples from 57 municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (and which plans to process about 4,800 samples in six months), plans to examine 400 samples every 15 days. This investigation was funded by the Rio de Janeiro State Research Support Foundation.
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