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The new variant of Corona found in England has spread to several regions, including several Asian countries. Indonesia is also anticipating by issuing restrictions on foreigners coming from abroad.
Now there has been new news about a new strain of the COVID-19 virus that according to various scientific data has a faster rate of spread. In response to this, the limited cabinet meeting of December 28, 2020 decided to temporarily close, I repeat, to temporarily close as of the date of December 28, 2020. From January 1 to 14, 2021, the entry of citizens foreigners or foreigners from all countries to Indonesia, ”Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said at a press conference on Monday (12/28/2020).
When first announcing a new variant of Corona, British health authorities explained that this type of Corona was 70 percent more contagious. This new variant of Corona first appeared in September and November in 28 percent of COVID-19 cases in London.
As of the week of December 9, more than 62 percent of London’s COVID-19 cases stemmed from this new variant.
“So what is being said here is that this new variant not only moves rapidly, it could increase its infectivity, but also become the dominant variant. It outperforms other mutations in terms of transmission,” said Gran’s chief scientific advisor. Britain, Sir Patrick Vallance. .
The Minister for Research and Technology (Menristek) admits, according to the data, that the new Corona variant in the UK is more contagious, but there is no evidence that it is dangerous or worsens the Corona infection.
“The new Corona variant, which is now evidenced by the fact that data propagation is faster, and one thing that is affected by the virus and this variant is that it attacks the receptor-binding domain (RBD),” explained at a press conference on Thursday (12/24/2020).
However, he said this could interfere with the accuracy of the PCR test. Why?
“The impact of this variant is a PCR examination machine, so the PCR machine is one of them that detects the S gene, if the PCR machine, the diagnosis, targets the S gene, then there is a possibility of an altered precision with this variant “, concluded.
A similar sentiment was also conveyed by the Chairman of the FK-KMK Genetic Working Group (Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing) UGM, Dr. Gunadi. Although seventy percent are suspected of being contagious, there is no evidence that it is more virulent or dangerous.
“This mutation is believed to increase person-to-person transmission by up to 70 percent. However, this mutation has not been shown to be more dangerous / malignant. Similarly, this mutation has not been shown to affect efficacy. of the existing Corona vaccine, “he said.
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