Crown mutation (B.1.1.7) discovered in Germany: several states affected – country closes borders completely

Update on December 26 at 8:32 pm.: Germany, France, Sweden, Spain and Italy have the coronavirus mutation already achieved. What does the enormous spread of the most contagious variant mean for the Vaccination plans of European countries?

Meanwhile, Germany made the start. A 101-year-old woman received her first injection on December 26. It’s about time, because the new form of coronavirus According to a recent study from the London University of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, it is 50 to 70 percent more contagious than the original variant.

The types of viruses are almost the same, which is why the vaccine is probably before both variants protect. Which is good news, on the one hand, is now putting considerable pressure on the people responsible. When the mutation reaches society, another is huge Increase in the number of corona cases foreseeable. After all, the variety spreads much faster. Then vaccination becomes a Race against mutation.

Coronavirus: Japan reacts to the spread of mutations and closes borders

Update on December 26 at 8:08 pm: Japan react radically to that Spread of virus mutation. Five people have already been infected in the Asian country. They had returned from England between December 18 and 21.

From Monday Japan therefore, all borders are narrow, the news agency reports Kyodo. From that moment on, foreigners can no longer enter the country. Health Minister Norishisa Tamura says the country is now in one two week quarantine. According to media reports, the border closure will apply even until the end of January.

Crown mutation: more and more cases in Europe: Spain reports four people infected

Update on December 26 at 6:31 pm: The dangerous Crown-Mutation extension. Also in Spain she has arrived The Ministry of Health reports four cases in Madrid.

“This is no reason for us to be nervous,” said Health Minister Antonio Zapatero. The British variant of the virus is more contagious than its normal form, but it leads No to a severe course of the disease. This is suggested by the latest findings. The four affected people are also doing relatively well, Zapatero emphasizes.

Three of the cases were detected by a PCR test * in the family of a man who was just before the holidays returned from england was. The infected room also traveled from London to Madrid earlier in the week.

Corona: virus mutation now also in Sweden

Update on December 26 at 4:49 pm.: The first appeared in England Coronavirus mutation it should be significantly more contagious. Now it is spreading. Also in Germany meanwhile it has been discovered.

Now report Sweden the first case. The mutation was detected in a returnee from England who had spent his Christmas holidays on the island. It did not infect other members of his household, said a spokeswoman for the health authority.

The man isolated himself immediately upon arrival. That’s more cases give or give, however, cannot be ruled out.

New crown mutation first discovered in Germany at Christmas – More details on the first case

Update December 25, 11:28 am: At Christmas, it wasn’t just the news from Germany that got around. Now it was known that in Nigeria According to the pan-African health organization Africa CDC, another new Coronavirus variants circulate. Looks like she broke up with him Mutant viruses in South Africa and Great Britain developed, Africa CDC chief John Nkengasong said Thursday. However, there is still little data on this and more research is underway. The variant was discovered in two patient samples taken in August and October, according to a report by Nigerian researchers.

It is not yet known how widespread the new variant is in Nigeria or other countries. Nkengasong emphasized, however, that mutations in such viruses are not uncommon. “We should expect these new variants to keep emerging.” However, the variant in Nigeria does not have the exact same N501Y mutation that is believed to be responsible for the rapid spread of the crown mutant in Britain.

Bulgaria has allowed flights to and from Britain starting Thursday again. This allowed the planes with returnees to land again in the EU country. The flight scale that came into effect on Monday due to the coronavirus mutation was lifted after three days. According to a regulation by Health Minister Kostadin Angelow, passengers on a first plane from London were screened for the corona virus with rapid tests at the airport. A total of eight UK planes were expected on Thursday.

Update from December 24 at 6:20 pm.: Little by little more details of the first one will be shown Crown-Mutation the variant B.1.1.7 in Germany known.

Therefore, the woman infected with the virus mutation traveled on December 20 London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt am Main. Already at the airport near the metropolis of Hesse there is a Corona rapid test it turned out positive for her.

According to the authorities, it is with relatives in the district. Freudenstadt in domestic insulation. After the first positive rapid test, according to a spokesman for the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Health, a PCR test was performed on Monday (December 21), which was also positive.

The swab sample should be sent to the responsible laboratory. Berlin Charité sent. From there today, Thursday, test the Coronavirus-Variant B.1.1.7 he follows. Three close contacts would also be in quarantine.

New crown mutation now also in Germany: a woman traveled from Great Britain via Frankfurt to Baden-Württemberg

First report of December 24: Munich / Stuttgart: bitter setback for Germany at Coronavirus pandemic *. And that of all things Good night and Christmas.

As announced on Thursday (December 24) by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Health, the first to Germany known case of the new Crown*-Mutation tested in the southwest of the Federal Republic.

It is about a woman who came out of the closet on December 20. Britain via Frankfurt am Main airport Baden-Württemberg entry. For those with the highly contagious new form of the Coronavirus* infected woman was immediately domestic isolation fixed up.

In a tweet from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration about said Crown-Fall it was said Thursday afternoon: “The person in question is visiting relatives in Baden-Württemberg and traveled to Frankfurt am Main airport on Sunday December 20, 2020 Germany to. A quick test of all passengers was conducted at the airport upon arrival. SARS-CoV-2which was positive for the person in question. The family picked him up from the airport by car and he has been in domestic isolation ever since. “

The Corona B.1.1.7 mutation now also in Germany: Great Britain imposed the blockade on London

On December 19, the British Government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson a new Emergency shutdown tax for the south-east of England after particularly in the metropolitan area London with its many millions of inhabitants B.1.1.7 mutated variant of the coronavirus had been established. According to British information, the Crown-Mutation be up to 70 percent more contagious than the previously known form of the virus.

Virologist Christian Drosten of the Berlin Charité, however, only shortly before Christmas expressed the assumption that the Britain’s crown mutation* most likely already in Germany to be. Now apparently there is the first concrete evidence of this. (p.m) * Merkur.de is part of the German Ippen digital publishing network

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