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In Germany, a mutation was released in the new type of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) identified in the United Kingdom, which researchers say could be up to 70 percent more contagious than before. According to a communication from the Baden-Württemberg Health Ministry, the B.1.1.7 mutation was detected in a woman who arrived in Germany on December 20. visit relatives by plane from United Kingdom.
He entered the country through Frankfurt airport and, like all passengers, underwent a rapid coronavirus test. The finding was positive, so the infected woman is in home isolation. He was taken from the airport by members of his family by car.
Closer analysis of his sample was shown on Thursday to carry a new viral mutation that spreads much more easily than previously known SARS-CoV-2 variants.
What concerns B.1.1.7 is that, in addition to its faster spread, it also shows changes that affect the spike protein.
One of these will likely provide a better ability to bind to human cell receptors, but there may also be a change in our immune system’s “deception” and function of entering cells. The latter can also affect the effectiveness of vaccines, as several vaccines have been developed to block the ability of spike proteins to bind to cells. The main question is whether the acquired immunity to other variants will be affected by the new viral mutation.
In Germany, according to the Robert Koch Institute for Public Health (RKI) on Thursday, 32,195 infections have been tested in the past 24 hours. This is an increase of almost twenty percent from 26,923 a week earlier. Thus, more than one and a half million 1,587,115 cases have already been registered.
802 deaths have been reported in association with the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) disease. This is an increase of almost fifteen percent from 698 the previous week. The death toll from the epidemic amounted to 28,770.
The number of people in need of intensive care for Covid-19 increased from 11 to 5,354 in one day, according to the summary of the professional organization of intensive care and accident care (DIVI) this Thursday. 2832 patients require mechanical ventilation. According to the DIVI report, 26,554 intensive care beds are operated nationwide, of which 5,016 are free.
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