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After the discovery of a vaccine for Corona, the world was stunned by the appearance of a second strain in Great Britain, after which a third, more serious strain appeared in South Africa.
The announcement of the new strain and its severity came in the words of British Health Minister Matt Hancock on Wednesday night, who said that two cases more contagious than the strain spread in Britain were detected.
He added that the two cases were in contact with people who had returned from South Africa in the past two weeks, and those and their contacts were all isolated.
The new genetic analysis shows that the new strain shares some points in common with the strain circulating in Britain, but is developed separately.
According to “Sky News”, the third strain of the Corona virus is a source of great concern to the British government, which is why it moved quickly and suspended flights with South Africa.
And the third strain may explain the large increase in the number of infections in South Africa recently.
And South African Health Minister Zwaili Mkhize said on Wednesday that the country had registered more than 14,000 cases and 65 deaths from the Corona virus, a record number, according to official media.
Mkhize added that the number of infections in the country is close to 1 million and around 25,000, emphasizing that “the virus does not give up.”
And South Africa has the highest number of cases of the epidemic on the continent, which is the 16th most affected country in the world,
And the injury curve in South Africa has shown a steady rise since late November, at a rate of more than 2,000 injuries.
The government said it may have to tighten restrictions and precautionary measures to stop the accelerating spread of the epidemic.
He explained that the strain is more contagious among young people and that the virus is loaded with larger particles, which explains its rapid spread.
Scientists in South Africa are still trying to paint a picture of the new epidemic, which has spread to various regions of the country.
The British newspaper “The Guardian” quoted scientists as saying that the third strain is more contagious than its predecessors and can affect young people and may be more resistant to vaccines than current versions of the epidemic.
But the fears of this mutation are that it could lead to other people having contracted and recovered from the virus.
However, research is still ongoing to confirm the threat posed by the new strain and it does not appear to trigger more serious symptoms or require different treatment.
Professor Richard Lessails, one of the two leading the research on the new breed in South Africa, says the team is working to compare the breed’s data with that of the UK breed.
Lessels added that the strain found in South Africa is “somewhat” more capable of infecting than those in Britain, noting that this requires further action to curb the epidemic, according to “Sky News.”
