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Virologist Christian Drosten assumes that the new coronavirus mutation is already in Germany. You shouldn’t let the mutation bother you. Much of Britain’s data has yet to be evaluated.
According to virologist Christian Drosten, the mutated variant of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus has already reached Germany, but for now there is nothing to worry about. “It’s already in Italy, in Holland, in Belgium, in Denmark, even in Australia, why shouldn’t it be in Germany?” Said the Berlin researcher about Deutschlandfunk. “You really shouldn’t let that bother you in any way.”
However, you do not want to trivialize, there is still much to clarify about the pathogen, which is more prevalent in Britain. From there, flights to Austria are prohibited after midnight. Many other countries have already reacted and issued flight bans, and Britain’s planes have been unable to land in Germany since midnight.
“Unclear information situation”
Drosten said he was like everyone else in a “somewhat confused information situation.” Whether the new variant of the virus is actually much more contagious cannot yet be assessed. We would have to wait for information from Great Britain at least this week for it. After all, there were crown measurements that varied from region to region. Therefore, the question is whether the virus variant is really responsible for the sharp increase in the number of infections in the region or rather for a not so strict lockdown. “Is this virus joining this wave, or is the virus responsible for creating this wave?” Drosten summarized.
In Britain, the new variant was discovered in September, the researcher said. It was also found by chance in the Netherlands in early December, but not “boiled” there. It will be the same in many other countries. Drosten also gave the go-ahead for vaccination: He didn’t expect the type of virus to make the vaccines less effective.
Italy confirmed on Monday that the virus mutation had been detected in a patient, the Health Ministry confirmed. He and one other person had returned from Britain in recent days and had landed in Rome by plane. The patient is now in quarantine.
Vaccine before approval in the EU
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to decide on the approval of a first vaccine in the EU this Monday. The EMA is due to evaluate the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine on Monday, which is already being used in the UK, US and some other countries. If the EMA makes a positive decision, the EU Commission must give the green light. This is expected before Christmas. The expected measure raises hopes that a change in the pandemic in Europe can begin.
These hopes had recently been clouded by the new variant of the virus. The British government said on Saturday that corona infections had risen sharply due to a mutation in the virus. This should be up to 70 percent more contagious than the previous variant.
(APA / Reuters / Red.)
