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“The virus that is spreading around the world at the moment is not the Wuhan virus. It is the virus from northern Italy,” says the famous German virologist. Alexander Kekulé, director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the Universitätsklinikum Halle at the German television station Zdf.
The new Covid-19 rampant does not come from the infamous city of Wuhan in China, 99.5 percent of all cases can be traced back to a mutation originating in the northern regions of Italy. The Italian strain is called mutant “G”, which has genetic mutations and is more contagious than the variant found in Wuhan, the epicenter of the Covid-19 epidemic in China.
Asked by the journalist of the Zdf – “So the Chinese are right when they say that we Europeans are responsible for the global pandemic?” – “No,” Kekulé replied, “the virus would have spread throughout the world like this.” The virologist invites you to keep your guard up. “The difference is that in Wuhan they did not know what it was, while in northern Italy there had already been warnings from Beijing, but these were ignored for a long time. In China, the original virus stopped pretty quickly. , which could also have happened to us, it has only been enough to use their methods that have not been taken into consideration ”.
The expert said that the blame for the expansion of Covid-19 is determined by the superficiality in handling the problem by Italy on the warnings received from China and the lack of countermeasures, otherwise the original virus could have been kept under control. .
Kekulé wants to underline during the interview. “An undetected outbreak of the parent virus broke out for several weeks in early 2020. Until it was discovered in February, the virus had enough time to change genetically. It is now more contagious than the original Wuhan variant.” .
The virologist warns the world population ahead of Christmas. “If we pass infections to the older generations at Christmas through family gatherings, it can be a catastrophe.” The director of the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the Universitätsklinikum Halle, is in favor of rapid tests that should be available to everyone, and considers it “silly” to wear personal protective masks outdoors, while being convinced that the most sensible would be more control in enclosed spaces.
