The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Wednesday that the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 has been detected in Venezuela. "We have detected the presence of the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 in Venezuela, it is a more contagious variant, it transmits a higher viral load, which means that it is more serious."
From the Miraflores Palace, the national President reported that to date Venezuela has registered 10 patients with this variation: 06 in Bolívar, 02 in Caracas and 02 in Miranda. "The presence of the Brazilian variant is recorded in the city of Caracas (parishes 23 de Enero and El Junquito) and part of the state of Miranda (Nueva Casarapa). We have also detected this variant in the state of Bolívar."
Maduro said that the first case occurred 15 days ago in the state of La Guaira, as part of Caracas and Miranda. "This person works at the Maiquetía Airport, we did all the studies and the results showed that this strain is found in Caracas, Miranda and La Guaira. We are doing the investigations to break the chain of contagion of this variant."
He reported that the people who have tested positive are already hospitalized and isolated and studying all their links while explaining that due to the aggressiveness of this new variant, special preventive measures will be taken.
«The presence of the Brazilian variant is recorded in the city of Caracas (parishes 23 de Enero and El Junquito) and part of Miranda state (Nueva Casarapa). We have also detected this variant in Bolívar state.»
Faced with this new strain of Covid-19 in the country, Maduro proposed carrying out vaccination where this variant is detected as a special measure to be considered. "Let's increase protection, together with the medical brigades, we will cut these chains of transmission of the new strain. Let's move forward in prevention, let's all take care of ourselves."
In this regard, President Maduro explained that "We have been evaluating the entire issue of the evolution of Covid-19, the 7+7 method and what it has to do with vaccination days."
He also asked the Minister of Health, Carlos Alvarado, and the Scientific Commission for an opinion on the treatment protocols to attack this new variant of Covid-19. "We have been effective with the treatments, saving lives, now we must have effective treatments for this new strain," he stressed.
The Dignitary urged to take protective measures and to redouble biosecurity protocols in the country, "Due to the aggressiveness of this variant we are forced to take special measures. In the state of Bolívar we have detected 6 cases with the Brazilian strain."
"Let's step up prevention measures in public areas, at home, sanitary measures, social distancing measures," he urged.
"This variant has arrived and we have to cut the transmission chain. To do so, we are coordinating with the police, health authorities, governors and mayors exceptional and special measures to detect where there may be other cases and alert the community where it is located about the need to redouble prevention measures throughout the country until we can fully detect the impact of this strain," he explained.
He ordered the redoubling of house-to-house visits, the incorporation of medical brigades and mass screening, "we are prepared for everything," said Maduro.
The President urged the population to take care of themselves in the face of this new variant of the virus. "It is worth taking care of yourself, the one who is careless loses, the one who takes care of himself wins health, stability, and his family," he said.
Finally, President Nicolás Maduro reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) had already been notified about the detection of this new mutation of the covid-19 virus in the country.
