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According to the German government’s assessment, currently available vaccines are effective against this mutation in the virus.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, explained to the public television channel ZDF: “Based on everything we know so far, and after meetings between experts from European authorities, there is no no effect (of the new strain) on Vaccines that remain effective. “
Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the new strain, VUI-202012/01, may be 70 percent more transmittable.
For his part, British Health Minister Matt Hancock announced: “The new strain of Corona virus is out of control”, adding in an interview with “Sky News” that “it will be difficult to control the new strain of Corona before that vaccines are distributed on a large scale. “
He continued: “We want to end the spread of the new strain of the virus through social distancing measures.”
And the British Health Minister went on to say: “Our plan is to finish vaccinating a million people in a few days,” signaling the decision to re-impose quarantine in London and the south-east of England.
The British network “Sky News” also quoted the medical director in England, Professor Chris Whitty, that there are 23 different changes with this new strain.
Whitty added that he alerted the World Health Organization to the presence of the new strain, stating that it will focus on analyzing data related to the spread of the mutation.
Professor Whitty confirms that “there is no current evidence to indicate that the new strain causes a high mortality rate or affects vaccines and treatments, but work is ongoing to confirm this.
Meanwhile, says the British “Genomics” authority, it is difficult to predict whether a particular mutation will respond, when it first appears, to the vaccine, but the fear is that any change will lead to increased reinfection or failure of the vaccine.
Professor Witty says that as of yet, there is no evidence to suggest that the new strain has affected vaccines and treatments for Covid-19.
The researcher at the University of Bologna, Federico Giorgi, believes that the treatments that are currently being developed, including vaccines, can be effective against all strains of the coronavirus.
