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A recent British study confirmed that the mutated mutation of the emerging corona virus is actually more contagious than previous mutations, as scientists feared, according to the “Daily Mail” newspaper.
Researchers from “Imperial College London” concluded that the new variant that was discovered in Britain recently is about 50 percent more transmissible.
The study was based on test samples taken from 86,000 Britons.
With an average daily infection of more than 186,000 cases in the United States, the transmission rate, if increased by 48 percent, would cause each person to infect 1.85 other people, which could lead to new infections of more than 275,000 daily. cases.
The current transmission rate is around 1.15.
The transmission rates associated with the new boom will be a disaster for the health sector in some countries, as it will deplete facilities and deplete all capacity.
According to the study, it is clear that the new mutation in the virus caused it to spread more rapidly among people in their twenties.
The new strain of the Corona virus was first discovered in Britain last September, spread in December, and caused a large increase in the number of infections among British people.
During the study, the scientists tracked the genome sequences of 1904 people infected with the mutated virus and compared the speed of its spread with other samples taken from at least 48,000 people in Britain.
The United States recently detected infections with the new strain of the virus in its soil, in states such as California, Colorado and Florida.
And scientists in Britain reported that the new mutation in the virus does not make people sicker or more likely to die.
Furthermore, there is no indication that people who contracted the coronavirus months ago are more likely to be re-infected if exposed to the variant, according to a report by the Public Health Agency of England.
The new strain caused nearly 75 percent of the British population to be quarantined, as of last Thursday, after the British government expanded the areas under the strictest measures imposed to contain an increase in the number of infected people. with Covid-19 caused by the mutated strain of the virus.
British Health Minister Matt Hancock stressed that health services are under “great” pressure, with “more than 21 thousand people are currently receiving treatment in hospitals for their infection with Covid-19”, in an outcome that it goes beyond the peak of the first outbreak the country saw in the spring.
Britain recently approved allowing the use of the “AstraZeneca” vaccine, which was developed in cooperation with the University of Oxford, and last month granted a license for the emergency use of the US “Pfizer” vaccine in its soil.
Several experts emphasized that the new strain of the virus will not affect the effectiveness of the Corona virus vaccines that were recently launched on the market.
