These other three people recently visited Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania.
“We suspect that three more people from the Czech Republic are infected with a new type of coronavirus: the so-called South African mutation. The samples are now at the National Reference Laboratory and sequencing is being carried out for confirmation. These are other people who They have just returned from Zanzibar.
The South African mutation, scientifically known as the B. 1. 351 variant, has not yet been discovered in the Czech Republic. However, the British mutation, or E484K, has already been present in the country for some time. According to René Levínský, director of the Czech Center for the Modeling of Biological and Social Processes, up to 80% of people infected with the coronavirus in the Czech Republic may simply be carriers of the British E484K.
Zanzibar is a popular holiday destination for both Czechs and Europeans due to its laid-back policies. Anyone traveling from the Czech Republic to Zanzibar is not required to be vaccinated, tested or quarantined. It is not yet clear how the Ministry of Health will act. react if it turns out that Zanzibar is a center of the new mutation.
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