translated from Spanish: Report the first variant of COVID-19 in Michoacán

Michoacán.- According to the latest weekly epidemiological update of COVID-19 of the World Health Organization shared by the federal government, in Michoacán and in 22 other states of the country, 146 cases of alteration to californian variant B.1.419+B.1.427 of SARS-CoV-2 virus were reported.
Specialists in the case have pointed out that viruses change, so even the Influenza vaccine has been constantly updated and therefore COVID-19 should be updated
According to the report, it is the S452R mutation that appeared in a positive case in Michoacán classified as a variant of interest (VOI) as it occurred in Sonora, State of Mexico, Veracruz, Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Colima and Hidalgo, while in the entities with the most detections were Baja California (39), Guanajuato (21), Jalisco and Baja California Sur (14), Zacatecas (10) , Nuevo León (7), Mexico City (6), Querétaro and Oaxaca (5), Sinaloa (4), Coahuila and Morelos (3) and Puebla (2).
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In the ratio of variants of concern (VOC) 33 cases of B.1.1.7 were reported with the common mutation N501Y and with characteristics of variant 69-70 P681H, 144Y, A570D in ten states of the country: Tamaulipas (9), Nuevo León (3), Guerrero (1), Chihuahua (1), Zacatecas (8), Guanajuato (1), Yucatan (1), Jalisco (2), Querétaro (1) and Mexico City (1).
In addition to five other cases of variant (VOC) P.1 with the same mutation as the previous N501Y but with different variant characteristics: E484K and K417N, detected in Jalisco (1), Chihuahua (1), Quintana Roo (1), Puebla (1) and Mexico City (1). These alterations to the virus were also reported in 44 other countries around the world.
The state authorities in the health sector have not given any reports on this.

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