The city of São Paulo identified four more cases of the Ômicron variant on Monday, 20, as informed by the City Hall. Now, the capital of São Paulo has 17 infections caused by the variant. Genomic surveillance to identify the strain was carried out in partnership with the Butantan Institute.
According to the Municipal Health Department, the four new diagnoses are of community transmission (cases in which it is not possible to trace the origin of the infection, which indicates that the virus is circulating locally). Patients deny travel abroad and contact without symptoms. None are related to the 67-year-old patient diagnosed with Ômicron on December 10th – considered an “isolated cluster”.
These four cases are added to the three identified on Friday, 17, considered the first three cases of local transmission by the City.
All patients have mild symptoms and, as the samples are from 12 days ago, they have completed the quarantine period. They are being accompanied by the secretariat.
Prevention
The secretariat informed that monitoring actions have been intensified. Among them, since Thursday, 16, has applied antigen tests in patients with flu-like symptoms, in health units in the capital. The measure helps to more quickly identify cases of covid-19.
Also on Wednesday, the government of São Paulo decided to extend the mandatory use of masks until January 31st. The decision considered the spread of new variants of covid, especially Ômicron, and also the increase in flu cases in part of the country.
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