The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal reported that tonight Donald Trump will sign an order this Friday, for which all air passengers must leave UK towards U.S, that one negative result of tests to be detected COVID-19.
According to him WSJ, the information has been released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who also said the new rule would apply from Monday.
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From previous days, UK is suffering from a new strain of it coronavirus It is much more contagious than the virus that is invading the entire world, so some countries have made efforts to take measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
The new rule says that passengers coming to the United States from the UK must prove that they have tested negative for coronavirus within 72 hours of boarding.
New strain appears in the UK
This week it was announced that a new strain of coronavirus quickly infected people in UK.
The new strain, which prompted the UK government to sound the alarm, carries a mutation called “N501Y” at the peak protein of the coronavirus, with which the virus hooks up to enter them.
It also says, “We would have a vaccine against the new Covid strain within 6 weeks”: BioNTech
According to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this species could be up to 70% more contagious, causing several countries around the world to suspend air and train connections with the United Kingdom.
“The UK has seen a rapid increase in the number of covid-19 cases in South East England in recent weeks” and analyzes show that “a large proportion of cases belonged” to the virus’s new mutation, the last Sunday the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
So far there is no evidence or suspicion that the new species could be more deadly or cause a more serious disease, José M. Jiménez Giuardeño of the Department of Infectious Diseases at King’s College London reported.
Mexico announces surveillance
With regard to our country, the Director General of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health José Luis Alomía Zegarra, reported on Monday that the national territory will be monitored to detect if the new strain is present.
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Alomía Zegarra said there was already information in Mexico about the new species, which is believed to be much more contagious.
He also pointed out that more than 100 mutations of the virus invading the world have been discovered in the world.
He said there is still no evidence to confirm that the new strain causes more infections or that it causes more serious illness.
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