A health worker checks the temperature of a man in a sanitary barrier after the Sao Paulo state government mandated further restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Caetano do Sul, near Sao Paulo, Brazil March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/Files
A health worker checks the temperature of a man in a sanitary barrier in Sao Caetano do Sul, near Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: Reuters/Carla Carniel/Files
Sao Paulo: Brazil has detected a new COVID-19 variant in Sao Paulo state that is similar to the one first seen in South Africa, Dimas Covas, the president of the state’s Butantan biomedical institute, said on Wednesday.
(Reuters – Reporting by Eduardo Simoes, writing by Gabriel Stargardter; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer)
