The MU of COVID-19 variant, also known as B. 1. 621, which is monitored to the World Health Organization, distributed in the Dominican Republic and first known in samples analyzed last May.
The MU B. 1. 621 variant is known in other provinces, Santo Domingo, Bahoruco, Barahona and Azua.
The confirmation carried out on Wednesday through the National Director of Epidemiology, Dr. Ronald Skewes, who is confident that this variant had not been detected in the sequences that were carried out after that date.
He said that the country is attentive because the MU variant entered the list of concerns or interests on the part of the WHO. In addition, this was detected for the first time in Colombia.
Similarly, the Gamma or Brazil and Beta variants (first detected in South Africa) continue to circulate with a higher occurrence in the country.
Skewes explained that 658 projected samples for the National Laboratory Defilló, from August 25 to 30, 18 cases of Gamma were known in provinces such as Santiago, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo and Dajabón and a Beta case in Espailt.
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