Delta strain confirmed in 2 patients in Zakarpattia

Published July 14, 2021. Updated July 14 at 5:49 pm

This undated handout image obtained March 28, 2021, courtesy of The National Institue of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/ NIH shows a transmission electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, isolated from a patient in the US, as virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab, the spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like - The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,777,761 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 10H00 GMT on March 28, 2021.

Photo by AFP

The COVID-19 delta strain was laboratory confirmed in two patients of a regional infectious diseases hospital in Uzhgorod, the Internet edition Suspilne reports, citing director of the medical facility Mykhailo Poliak.

According to the report, on June 24, the hospital sent tests of individuals suspected of having the COVID Delta strain to Kyiv, from where they were sent for testing to a European laboratory. Positive results were received on July 14.

These patients arrived in Uzhgorod from St. Petersburg and Moscow (Russia). They are currently discharged from the hospital.