Chiapas confirms first case of the Ómicron variant of Covid-19

Chiapas.- This Friday the Ministry of Health of the State of Chiapas confirmed the first case of the Ómicron variant of Covid-19 in the enditad, after an analysis carried out by the Institute of Diagnosis and Epidemiological Reference (INDRE). At a press conference, the head of the state Health Secretariat, Pepe Cruz, explained that the samples analyzed by the Public Health Laboratory of the state whose result is positive, are sent to Mexico City for Indre to determine if they correspond to any of the variants of COVID-19 that have begun to circulate in the country. He explained that this first case of Ómicron was detected in a 31-year-old man residing in the capital of Chiapas, who had a history of having made a trip abroad and after his return, presented symptoms last December. He pointed out that this patient presented symptoms such as: headache, joint and throat pain; fever, vomiting, chills and malaise, however, did not require hospitalization and at the moment is asymptomatic. Before the detection of the first case, the official emphasized that it is necessary to continue with the sanitary measures, not to trust or lower one’s guard in applying the recommendations, which must be done routinely to create the habit of prevention. Read more: Mexico surpasses 300,000 deaths from Covid-19 on the way to the fourth waveLikewise, Pepe Cruz called on those who recently traveled abroad or inside the country, or received the visit of people from other states or outside the Mexican Republic, to be aware of their health, in order to detect the occurrence of COVID-19 symptoms in a timely manner. Meteorite sighting reported in Jalisco and Guanajuato

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