BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has detected the first case of the new coronavirus variant which was first found in South Africa, a virologist said on Friday.
Marc Van Ranst, whose laboratory works closely with Belgium’s public health body Sciensano, said on Twitter that the variant was found in a traveller returning in Belgium from Egypt on Nov 11. The person developed the first symptoms on Nov. 22, the virologist said
(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio and Marine Strauss; Editing by Alison Williams)
