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Woman in protective suit and face mask holding test tube with sample of analysis suspected to be infected with Omicron coronavirus variant COVID-19 2019-nCoV. Concept photo. Photo illustration. (Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Institute of Microbiology of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito confirmed its first case in the capital. According to the institution, this case was reported to the Ministry of Public Health last week. Scientists analyzing samples from patients with COVID-19 They even consider that this variant would already be community.
This variant is 30% more contagious than the original, meaning that one person might transmit the virus to 14 others.
Given this, epidemiologists maintain that it is now more urgent to speed up the application of the booster dose because this variant already causes spikes in infections in dozens of countries.
Another problem that has been detected with omicron BA-2 is that in some cases they are not detected by laboratory tests.
For now, the Ministry of Health has not yet issued a statement, nor have the health authorities of the metropolitan district.