ATHENS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- A total of 32 cases of the mutated strain of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Greece after further analysis of samples going back to Nov. 11, Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Sunday.
The first positive case of the new variant of the virus -- first detected in Britain -- dates back to a sample taken on Dec. 23 in Athens, according to an e-mailed EODY press release.
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