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Guinea Bissau is at the helm of fighting new strains of coronavirus from both South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Health authorities in Guinea Bissau on Monday confirmed the new strains of this coronavirus from a sample collected between January 15 and February 5.
The new variant was confirmed by Guinea-Bissau s High Commission in the fighting against COVID-19 on Monday. We hereby to inform you that we have registered 26 cases of the British-identified coronavirus variant, and one case of the South African-identified variant, among 40 samples sent to a laboratory certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) in The Gambia, announced Aldajie Balde, a member of the High Commission.
Covid-19: Guinea Bissau records cases of UK, S. Africa variants
Tuesday February 16 2021
Authorities in Guinea Bissau on Monday confirmed the circulation of the coronavirus variants first reported in the UK and South Africa. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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Authorities in Guinea Bissau on Monday confirmed the circulation of the coronavirus variants first reported in the UK and South Africa.
The confirmation was made following a study of the SARS-Cov-2 virus genome sequencing in the local Piaget Institute laboratory, using samples collected between January 15 and February 5.
“This confirmation is an important step in combating the virus,” said Professor Aladje Balde, the World Health Organisation representative in Guinea Bissau.