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A new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) confirmed from the UK has been found in Korea, and a domestic travel advisory notice was posted at Terminal 2 at Incheon International Airport on the 30th of last month. News 1
On day 2, the number of cases of mutant virus infection from the UK and South Africa increased to 10 in total. In particular, the number of confirmed mutant viruses from South Africa is likely to increase further, as it appears that the number of confirmed mutants from South Africa entered the country with another at that time.
According to the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), to date 9 confirmed cases of mutations originating in the United Kingdom and 1 confirmed mutations originating in South Africa have been confirmed to date. South Africa’s first confirmed case of the mutation, first confirmed in Korea, entered Incheon International Airport via the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 26th of last month. During this process, he developed a fever and after undergoing a diagnostic test at the Incheon airport, he was confirmed and quarantined at the Life Treatment Center. Subsequently, a mutant virus was confirmed as a result of the government’s Wartime Genome Analysis (WGS) for foreign visitors. Whole genome analysis is a method of analyzing the entire nucleotide sequence to determine if the genome has been mutated.
The South African mutation identified this time is the GH group. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies the COVID-19 virus into groups S, V, G, GH, GR, L, and GV. “The South African mutation is the GH group, and it is the same as the main epidemic group in Korea, but only in the South African mutation, 7 mutation sites are observed, including N501Y,” said Kim Eun-jin, head of the analysis team. test at Bang Dae-bon. He said: “There is still no report on the death rate, apart from a report from the African CDC (Center for Disease Prevention and Control) that the power of spread increases with the number of patients.” Quarantine authorities are also analyzing the full genome of a person who entered the country with a confirmed mutation from South Africa.
Corona 19 outbreak in Korea by period in 2020. Provided by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The corona 19 virus in epidemic in Korea is usually of the GH group. At the time of the “first outbreak” centered on Wuhan, Gyeongbuk and Daegu of China, S and V types predominated. Then, from the moment the group infection began to spread through the Itaewon club in May last year, the types S and V disappeared, and the GH group became mainstream, and continues to this day.
The mutant UK virus, in which four additional cases of domestic infection were confirmed, belongs to the GR group. Mutations originating in the UK are known to have a transmission potency 1.7 times greater than existing viruses, or 70%. Of the four additional confirmed cases, three are relatives of the deceased in their 80s, who were confirmed after death on 26 last month. The other was confirmed after entering the UK on the 19th of last month.
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