Will omicron make us restart our fight against the pandemic?
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(CNN Spanish) -
Mexico confirmed this Friday the first case of the omicron variant of coronavirus.
As reported on Twitter by the Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, it is a 51-year-old person from South Africa.
“He has a mild illness and voluntarily entered a private hospital in Mexico City to avoid contagion.
His recovery prognosis is favorable, "wrote the official.
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López-Gatell added that since November 26, a virological surveillance protocol was established that identifies early cases of covid-19 in people arriving from any country.
"Closing borders and blocking people or goods are not useful measures to contain the variants," he considered.
Finally, he recalled that the World Health Organization (WHO) established that vaccination continues to be essential to reduce the risks of hospitalization and death.
"We call to remain calm and continue to apply measures to avoid contagion: healthy distance, use of face masks, label sneeze and frequent hand washing," concluded the undersecretary.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Health of Mexico, "so far, the people who had contact with the first case do not register symptoms, warning signs or positivity for the SARS-CoV-2 virus."
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The statement also indicates that the circulation of the alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron variants of concern has been identified in Mexico.
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