First Case of UK-Origin COVID-19 Variant Confirmed in Mexico
Flight information to the United Kingdom displayed on the departure board at Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 (Photo by Yonhap News)
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The first case of the UK variant of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has been confirmed in Mexico.
According to major foreign media on the 10th (local time), Mexican health authorities announced that the UK variant of COVID-19 was detected in a 56-year-old man who arrived in Mexico City from Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, on the 28th of last month.
The man holds British nationality and traveled to Matamoros, a US-Mexico border area, by plane the day after his arrival. It was confirmed that he did not show any COVID-19 symptoms at that time.
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Authorities explained that they expect the variant virus will not spread widely in the local community.
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