Variant of Covid, WHO: “More transmissible by children”. The British Minister: “In two cases the South African mutation was also found”

The new variant of coronavirus identified in UK “It seems to be transmitted more easily by Young people me children“, But further investigation is still” ongoing. ” This was stated by the special envoy for the pandemic of the World Health Organization, David nabarro, a Skynews. This could increase fears for schools reopening in January, as increased virus transmissibility (up to 70%) risks accelerating infections and plunging Britain into third wave. If the mutation is “really replicating or growing better in children,” then “it could have a ripple effect on spread of the virus throughout the English population“He always added a Skynews Mark Harris, a virologist at the University of Leeds.

There is still little information about the new strain of Covid-19: the British Health Minister has provided more details in these hours Matt hancock: “It is spreading to dangerous rhythm“, He declared at the press conference, announcing that a Saint Stephen new restrictions will be introduced because “it is fundamental Act quicklyThen he explained that in the UK an additional mutation was identified Linked to South Africa. In fact, it was found in two citizens who have returned from the country and shows “a development very worrying“Added the minister, because it seems to have a greater transmission capacity and would have already suffered mutations in turn. This is a known phenomenon, in fact, as the virus is constantly changing in infected people and different strains have been found around the world since the pandemic broke out. However, Hancock decided to fix “immediate restrictions”For arrivals from South Africa for precautionary reasons, imposing the quarantine obligation for those who have come from the African country in the last two weeks and for their contacts.

Concern about the most contagious variant of Covid is not really just the UK’s concern: countries where it has already been found include those Denmark, Holland, l’Australia and also Italy, where just today a case was confirmed in the Marches. The data from Denmark, explains the infectious disease specialist at Imperial College London, Neil ferguson, quoted from guardian, suggest that “almost certainly” the new variant of Covid has already entered “most, if not all” European countries. The hope is that, as many experts around the world claim, the vaccine processed by Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca, both effective even against the new strain. And even if that wasn’t the case, as he explained to Ilfattoquotidiano.it the director of the Spallanzani Virology Laboratory Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, “You can ‘fix’ in few weeks how is it with me flu shots“.