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Infected with the Indian version of COVID-19 was given the first dose of Astra Zeneca





The man infected with the Indian variant of COVID-19 was vaccinated with the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on February 24. This was announced by BTA, referring to the Ministry of Health, citing data from an epidemiological study.

On April 1, the young man came into contact with a person from Northern Ireland infected with COVID-19, who left Bulgaria, according to data from the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD), the press service added.

At the onset of the first symptoms, the man became isolated and there was no information that he had been in contact with other people. On April 5, he was tested for COVID-19, and the sample was taken at Dr. Georgi Stranski Hospital in Pleven. As soon as a positive result for a coronavirus infection came out, the man was placed under home isolation with mild symptoms. The disease passed without complications.

On April 21, the medical institution sent 20 randomly selected sequencing samples to the NCIPD, including the male sample. It was sequenced on May 5, and the data was immediately deposited with the international gene bank GISAID. Until June 16, it was not established that this sample was a “Delta” variant of the virus. Upon re-analysis, it was found to be a “Delta” variant – an Indian variant of the coronavirus.

The Ministry of Health has instructed NCIPD to establish such a procedure for collection and analysis of samples, which as soon as possible to identify new variants of coronavirus infection in order to prevent and protect human health and take timely measures in this direction.

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