2023-08-19 22:00:00
The State of São Paulo recorded the first contamination by Éris, a subvariation of the strain ômicron of the new coronavirus, on Thursday 17. Also known as EG.5, this version of the pathogen was first found in the world in February 2023.
According to the Center for Strategic Information on Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, the patient is already cured. The woman had a fever, cough, fatigue and headache.
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First cases of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic started in December 2019. The first infections occurred in the city of Wuhan, China. The pathogen causes covid-19.
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In February 2020, after Carnival, the first records of the disease began in Brazil. With the spread of the virus, state and municipal authorities applied severe restrictions to try to contain the spread of the disease. Among the measures, lockdowns.
The same happened in other countries. These rules led to demonstrations by the population, due to the suspension of freedom of movement and the negative economic impact. The virus, even so, spread throughout Brazil and the planet.
omicron variant
Omicron is a variant of the coronavirus that emerged in Gauteng, a province of South Africa. The first notifications of this variation occurred in November 2021.
The variant proved to be more transmissible compared to the previous ones. However, the covid-19 that originated there developed in a less lethal way in patients, which began to be observed by doctors since the first cases appeared.
This version of the coronavirus arrived in Brazil in December 2021. The first notifications in the country took place in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
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