What are the dangers of the new version of COVID-19? – Diseases

The new variant of the coronavirus is more of a psychological problem. It multiplies faster in the respiratory tract and is more contagious. When its spread is a little faster, the measures start to lag behind the reality of viral spread. It gives you the opportunity to change more as it spreads. Second, some of those affected may become seriously ill and put pressure on the system again. This was explained by the pulmonologist Associate Prof. Alexander Simidchiev to Bulgaria on air.

According to the specialist, there are currently 3 different options: English, South African and Brazilian. Simidchiev said that English is the best studied and when PCR is performed, one of the three components may not be positive and the test may be reported as false negative.

“That is why there are new whales that capture the protein S sequence,” said Adjunct Professor Simidchiev.

“The virus is trying to survive and the only way is to increase its infectivity. Its most effective strategy is to reduce mortality and increase its prevalence. It can infect more people and preserve the ability to mutate,” said the pulmonologist.

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According to Associate Professor Simidchiev, one of the problems in our country is that we don’t study sequencing enough. Second, the number of tests performed is very small.

“Human immunity is of great importance for the spread rate. There was a fact that people vaccinated with BCG have an idea of ​​lower susceptibility to this virus. Bulgaria is one of the countries where BCG vaccination is widespread and is sustainable since the 1950s. The behavior of a large part of the people did not allow these events to materialize. We act quite fragmented as a community, “he said.