Covid-19: historical maximums of cases in Mexico 4:27
(CNN Spanish) -
A foreign citizen who arrived in Mexico was confirmed as the first carrier of the new variant of covid-19, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, reported this Sunday at a press conference the director general of Epidemiology of the Mexican Ministry of Health, José Luis Alomía.
Alomía indicated that it is a 56-year-old patient who is a citizen of the United Kingdom, who arrived in Mexico City from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on December 28 and who the following day traveled to Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
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The patient works for an "international" company and upon arrival in the country was asymptomatic, the official said.
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