Suspected of carrying the new strain of the virus, he died in Nuevo León

After confirmation on Sunday the first case of the new virus strain, known as B117, in Tamaulipas, two possible cases were reported on Monday: one right there and another in Nuevo León, but the latter died on this day, as reported by the Nuevo León Health Secretariat.

Manuel de la Cavazos, head of the Nuevo León Health Secretariat, reported on Monday that a person suspected of carrying the new English strain had been detected in 30 confirmed cases, so a sample was sent to the Institute of Diagnosis and Epidemiological Reference (Indre).

The health secretary said that when the viral genome was sequenced a similarity of 96.3% was found with strain B117Therefore, it was decided to send a test to Indre, which has not yet been confirmed or ruled out and the results are still awaited.

However, on Tuesday, Manuel from O pointed out that the patient was a 60-year-old man that he was receiving medical care at Pemex Hospital and that, in addition to his age, he also had two comorbidities: diabetes and hypertension, which made his care more difficult.

The first suspect dies

Finally, He officially died of the virus on Tuesday, but is still waiting to be confirmed or excluded if it is strain B117, from the United Kingdom and, although it seems to be an isolated case of the one confirmed in Tamaulipas, they have not given further details.

What we do know is that hethe family of the deceased patient is already under health protocols and the man’s wife, two sons and daughter-in-law are kept under observation in order to stop the outbreak if it is confirmed that he was the carrier of strain B117.

A case pending in Tamaulipas

The first case is still intubated in Tamahulipas, but after its formation a screening of other possible cases was performed, for which three people were identified who traveled with him from CDMX to Tamaulipas, two of them being negative for the virus.

A third person remains suspiciousThis is because he has shown symptoms of the virus and, if confirmed, tests will be done to see if he is the carrier of the new strain, but is still waiting for results.

It should be remembered that this new variant of the stem was detected in September in the United Kingdom And, although it is not more deadly than the others, it is 70% more contagious, which is believed to have caused a serious health problem in the country of Queen Elizabeth II.