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Prof. Dr. Radka Argirova, MD
“This is not a new strain, it has been described in the medical literature since the end of March,” explained Professor Radka Argirova, virologist and president of the Society of Virologists.
He clarified that it is a mutation of the original virus, which came from Wuhan, which has been circulating for a long time.
“So far, 13,000 mutations have been described, but only this one has remained stable,” the virologist told BNR.
Professor Argirova insisted that the vaccines developed against COVID-19 are also effective against this mutation, which is more easily transmitted and is more infectious than the original strain. heavier than the previous one.
According to the virologist, this change in the coronavirus does not affect the sequence (amino acid sequence – br), which is the immunogen of the “Pfizer” and “Biontek” vaccine.
“The infection boom of many people in Western Europe is of this type of virus, now it has reached the UK. This is not new for Europe,” he said, adding that the infection boom in October and November in Bulgaria due to this mutation in the coronavirus.
The virologist insisted that a person who had COVID-19 was not at risk of contracting the new mutation in the virus.
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