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The World Health Organization alleviates the great concerns generated by the coronavirus mutation. What their officials say, speaking of a positive aspect of the discovery of new strains of the virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has tried to allay concerns raised by a highly contagious new coronavirus mutation in Britain, saying it was a normal part of a pandemic.
WHO officials, on the other hand, presented a positive side of the discovery of new strains of the virus that alerted many countries by pressuring them to impose travel restrictions on Britain and South Africa, saying that new tools to monitor the virus were running.
“We have to find a balance.” It is very important to have transparency, it is very important to tell the public how things are, but it is also important to understand that this is a normal part of the evolution of the virus, “said Mike Ryan, its director, at an online press conference WHO Emergency Medical Service.
“Being able to monitor a virus so closely, so carefully, so scientifically in real time is a really positive development for global public health, and the countries that do this kind of monitoring deserve praise.”
Citing data from Britain, WHO officials said they had no evidence that the new coronavirus strain was causing more serious illness in humans or was more deadly than existing Covid-19 strains, although it appeared to be spreading more. easily.
Countries that have imposed travel restrictions have exercised the utmost caution in assessing risks, Ryan said, adding: “This is wise. But it’s also important for everyone to recognize that this is happening, these mutations are happening.”
WHO officials said that coronavirus mutations have so far been much slower than the flu and that the new mutation that appeared in the UK is still much less contagious than other diseases such as mumps.
They said that vaccines developed to combat Covid-19 should be treated with new strains of the virus, although tests are underway to ensure this is the case.
“So far, although we have seen many changes, many mutations, none have significantly affected the susceptibility of the virus to any of the current therapies or drugs or vaccines in development and there is hope that this will continue to do so.” said WHO chief scientist Sumia Swaminathan.
The WHO said it expects to receive more details in a few days or weeks about the potential impact of the highly contagious new strain of coronavirus.
BioNTech: the vaccine is effective against the mutation
BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said he believed the Covid-19 vaccine developed by his company would be effective against a new strain of the virus that appeared in Britain.
Sahin told Bild television that the company would investigate the mutation in the next few days, but that it was looking at the matter with “some degree of sobriety.”
Th. Dimopoulos: The vaccine also “hits” mutations
The rector of the EKPA, professor of the Faculty of Medicine of Athens, Thanos Dimopoulos, answering questions from citizens, said, among other things, that the vaccine “hits” the mutations of the virus.
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