Factbox-Coronavirus
variants, first found in UK and South Africa, spread worldwide
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[January 08, 2021]
LONDON (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's
COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly
transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and
South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S.
drugmaker.
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The following countries are among those that have reported variants
among their populations.
* AUSTRALIA has found several cases of the variant first identified
in Britain and has also found at least one case of the variant found
in South Africa.
* AUSTRIA has found four cases of the coronavirus mutation first
detected in Britain and one case of the South African mutation.
* BRAZIL confirmed its first two cases of British variant, Sao Paulo
state's health secretariat said.
* CANADA has detected nine cases of the variant first found in
Britain.
* CHILE said it had recorded its first case of the British variant.
*CHINA reported a patient infected with the variant discovered in
South Africa in southern Guangdong province.
* CYPRUS has discovered 12 cases of the variant in people who
recently travelled from Britain.
* DENMARK estimates around 800 people have been infected with the
variant spreading in Britain.
* Health officials in FINLAND said the variant circulating in
Britain had been detected in two people, while the variant spreading
in South Africa has been detected in one.
* FRANCE said there were 19 cases of the UK variant and three cases
of the South African variant in the country, including two clusters
in the greater Paris region and Brittany.
* GERMANY said the variant from Britain had been found in a
passenger flying to Frankfurt from London on Dec. 20. It seems to
have been present in Germany since November, the Die Welt daily
reported.
* GREECE has detected four cases of the variant in people who
recently travelled from Britain, a Health Ministry official said.
* The British variant appears to have infected two students who
returned to HONG KONG from the UK, the Department of Health said.
* INDIA has found 38 cases of the variant found in Britain.
* IRAN on Tuesday registered its first case of a coronavirus variant
in a traveller arriving from the United Kingdom.
* Health officials in IRELAND said increased socialising around
Christmas - and not a new variant - had driven a surge in
infections.
* ISRAEL detected four cases of the coronavirus emerging in Britain.
* ITALY detected a patient infected with the variant found in
Britain.
* JAPAN detected the variant found in South Africa, the first such
discovery in a nation that has already identified more than a dozen
cases of the variant spreading in Britain.
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* JORDAN has detected its first
two cases of the variant spreading in Britain.
* LEBANON detected its first case of a variant
of the coronavirus on a flight arriving from
London.
* NORWAY said the variant circulating in Britain
had been detected in 23 people, while the
variant circulating in South Africa had been
detected in one person.
* OMAN registered its first case of the variant
that emerged in Britain.
* PAKISTAN health officials said the variant
found in Britain had been detected in the
southern province of Sindh. *
The variant linked to Britain has been detected on the island of
Madeira in PORTUGAL, the regional civil protection authority said.
* SINGAPORE confirmed its first case of the variant found in
Britain.
* SOUTH KOREA said the variant found in Britain was found in three
people.
* SPAIN has confirmed around 60 cases of the variant found in
Britain.
* SWEDEN said the variant circulating in Britain had been detected
after a traveller from Britain fell ill on arrival and tested
positive.
* SWITZERLAND has recorded 28 cases of the variant circulating in
Britain. It has also recorded two cases of the South African
mutation.
* Self-ruled TAIWAN, claimed by neighbouring China, confirmed its
first case of the variant discovered in Britain.
* TURKEY detected 15 cases of the new variant in travellers from
Britain.
* UNITED ARAB EMIRATES discovered a "limited number" of cases of
people infected with a new variant, a government official said.
Those affected had travelled from abroad, without specifying from
where or the number of cases.
* The UNITED STATES said the British variant had been found in at
least eight states, including California, Colorado, Florida and New
York.
* VIETNAM has detected its first case of the variant that is
spreading around Britain.
(Writing by Nick Macfie)
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