The municipality of Rio de Janeiro informed this Sunday, 26, that it is conducting an epidemiological investigation of 31 possible cases of covid-19 caused by the Ômicron variant in the city. Across the State of Rio de Janeiro, the total number of suspected cases of Ômicron under investigation rose to 46.
“Everyone has mild symptoms and is being monitored,” said the Municipal Health Department of Rio de Janeiro about the city’s patients. “The laboratory samples will undergo genetic sequencing to confirm or rule out the occurrence of the Ômicron variant. The result should come out next week”, he added, in the note.
The state of Rio de Janeiro reported earlier that there were 43 suspected cases of covid-19 infection with the Ômicron variant under investigation in nine municipalities in Rio de Janeiro. With the increase registered in the capital, the total rose to 46.
The cases being investigated by the Undersecretary of Surveillance and Primary Health Care since Friday, 24, would cover the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro (31 suspects), Angra dos Reis (4 suspects), Cabo Frio (1 suspect), Macaé (2 suspects), Nilópolis (1 suspect), Niterói (2 suspects), São Gonçalo (1 suspect), Saquarema (1 suspect) and Volta Redonda (3 suspects).
According to the Rio de Janeiro State Department of Health, the folder was communicated by Rede Dasa RJ about the RT-PCR exams for covid-19 with indication of the presence of the Ômicron variant in samples collected between the 1st and 20th of December.
“The secretariat emphasizes that these are not confirmed cases of the Ômicron variant, since this type of analysis used in exams serves as a screening method. The samples will be sequenced by Dasa and the results will come out in the coming weeks”, informed the secretariat, in a note, also on Sunday, 26th.
The State Department of Health also stated that it contacted the surveillance authorities of the cities mentioned so that they could carry out the investigation and follow-up of patients and other people with whom they had contact.
“For those patients in whom it is still possible to carry out PCR, municipal surveillance teams will collect the exam and send it to the Central Public Health Laboratory Noel Nutels (Lacen RJ). The positive cases will continue for sequencing at Fiocruz’s reference laboratory”, added the note.
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