PAHO calls for virus variants vigilance

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reiterated its call to the countries of the region to maintain vigilance and follow up on the variants of Covid-19, especially those they call of “concern.”

 PAHO details that a total of 9 countries, including Panama, have at least confirmed cases of the variants of the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, which are in the group of “concern.”

The director of the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies Juan Miguel Pascale reported that there are about 17 confirmed cases of the Brazilian variant (P.1 and P.2). In addition, one of the United Kingdom variant, another from New York, and another from California.