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ARCHIVED - Three new cases of the British variant detected in the Region of Murcia
On Friday the national Ministry of Health announced that a sample of covid positives would be subjected to genome testing to ascertain which variants are circulating in Spain and how widely the British variant is present
The regional health department of the Murcia Region has confirmed that three further cases of the “British variant” have been detected in the Murcia Region, bringing the total to 4.
All of the individuals concerned are known to have travelled to Spain in the last two weeks of December.
In total, 10 samples have been sent to the laboratory in Madrid where genome sequencing of samples is being undertaken to ascertain if there are any further cases.
Close contacts of these four individuals are also being tested.
The first case was confirmed on the 8th January and related to a 25 year old who had travelled to the region for the festive season and habitually resides in the UK.
This week there has been a great deal of discussion about why there is such a huge surge in new cases of coronavirus across Spain. The Government is maintaining its line that this is due to seasonal socialising, but there is also a growing feeling amongst regional health authorities that the role potentially being played by the "British variant" is being played down and there are higher numbers of cases of the more contagious “British variant” in circulation than is being publicly recognised, as cases are rising at unprecedented speed in several areas of the country.
So for this reason the Ministry of Health announced on Friday that it would be carrying out a study involving “hundreds of tests” in order to try and sequence a cross-section of the cases currently circulating in Spain.
The first region to detect the mutation known as B.1.1.7 was Madrid, which notified the Health Ministry of the detection of four cases on December 26th. The origin of these four cases were two passengers who had flown from London.
As of Saturday, Madrid claims to have 48 cases, 19 have been found in Mallorca and 9 in Ibiza, both in the Balearic Islands, (the Department of Epidemiology of the Balearic Health Authority believes that the new variant has been responsible for 5% of the new cases detected recently on the islands), Cantabria said yesterday that it believes 13% of cases detected in the region recently are of the British variant and has sent 82 “highly suspicious” samples to the laboratory for confirmation, on Wednesday the regional minister for health in the Andalucía region said that the “explosive” increase in new cases in his region was due to the new British variant, the Basque Country has confirmed 6, and Murcia 1.
So now Madrid, The Basque Country, the Valencia Region, Asturias, Galicia, Cantabria, Andalucia, Murcia, Extremadura the Balearic and the Canary Islands all have confirmed cases or suspect cases.
Hundreds more cases are being checked, but the problem currently faced is a lack of facilities in which to undertake genomic sequencing of the virus, something that is not possible to carry out in every part of the country.
Samples are currently being sent to the Majadahonda National Microbiology Center, in Madrid for analysis, but this is delaying the capacity of the authorities to react quickly and decisively when it is suspected that a case may be related to this new variant.
There are no national protocols for sending random samples for testing, and Spain does not routinely cross-sample PCR tests to determine which variants are present and the slow response when tests are sent, mean that variants may be spreading in an area undetected and unchecked.
So this is why the new cross-sampling was announced on Friday, to attempt to identify if the British variant is behind the surge in new cases in areas such as Andalucía, in which it is believed to have spread from Gibraltar.
Neighbouring Portugal, which has a long land border with Spain, has also reported a number of cases of the "British variant" and has gone into a month-long lockdown because of its own sudden surge in new cases, although was indignant when the British Government banned flights to the country this week because of fears of the even more virulent "Brazilian variant".
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