Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are studying a new mutation in the United Kingdom’s coronavirus to see if it is resistant to new vaccines, according to a report.
The director of the Institute’s Infectious Diseases Research Center, Dr. “There’s always a concern that shots won’t work if the virus is significantly altered, and scientists still expect inoculation to be effective against new ones,” Nelson Michael told CNN. Stress.
“He argues that this change is not a risk, but you never know. “We still have to be diligent and keep watching,” Michael told the network on Sunday.
On Thursday, experts from Walter Reed began investigating the genetic sequence of a new UK variable posted online by British researchers. As a first step, the team is doing computer analysis.
“Analysis will give us an idea of how much we should worry about. Other teams around the world are also doing this analysis.
If computer analysis indicates a cause for concern, according to CNN, studies will be needed in labs and on animals to determine if the vaccine will work on a new variant.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris John on Saturday announced a new holiday lockdown in parts of the UK that has seen the spread of new changes.
“There is no evidence to suggest that the vaccine will be effective against the new variant. Our experts will continue their work to improve our understanding as quickly as we can.
The UK’s chief scientific adviser, Dr. Pat. Patrick Vance Lens agreed, saying: “At the moment our working assumption of all scientists is that the vaccine response to this virus should be sufficient.”
Adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Vaccination, Dr. William Schaefner is a CNN reporter. Said the vaccine is still useful because the virus is constantly mutating, but not usually in a way that would make the shot useless.
“Even with mutations, the virus remains essentially the same,” Schaffner said. “He’s like someone. I can turn my brown coat for a gray coat, but I’m still Bill Schaffner. I have changed something, but I am still the same person. “
Meanwhile, Britain’s prime minister is scheduled to chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee on Monday, after which France has closed its arrival borders with the UK to prevent the spread of new tensions.
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Riyadh, Denmark, Ireland and Bulgaria are among those who announced widespread bans on the country’s flights on Sunday.
Canada, India and Poland are among the countries that have recently stopped flights from the UK following a number of people in Europe.
On Saturday, Johnson announced that it was putting new tier 4 level controls in the southeast of London and England, following warnings from its scientific advisers – considered one of the world’s most sophisticated genome sequencing regimes – that the new variant was spreading much faster than the current strain.
He said early indications are that the new type is 70 percent more transmissible and the new infection is spreading rapidly in the capital and surrounding areas.
On Sunday, a record total of 35,928 new infections were reported every day in the UK.
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