Sweden and Spain on Saturday confirmed to have detected their first cases of the new strain of coronavirus rapidly spreading in Europe particularly in the United Kingdom.

In a statement, the Swedish Health General Directorate stated the mutated novel coronavirus strain was detected in a woman who arrived from the UK in the Sodermanland region. This is the first known case in Sweden.

Meanwhile, Spain recorded its first four cases of a new strain in the capital Madrid.

According to a statement issued by the Health Ministry, the cases came from a family. One family member recently came home from London and infected three family members.

There were also three suspicious cases related to the new strain of the virus.

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