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In addition to the highly contagious crown mutations from Britain and South Africa, there is now a new variant that is causing researchers headaches. In Brazil, a mutation was discovered that may have reinfected people who have already recovered or who have been vaccinated.
The dangerous Brazilian variant is simply called P1. It has its origin in the city of two million Manaus, where it has spread since December. Until now, experts have been hopeful that the city has already achieved herd immunity because three-quarters of the population were infected with Sars-CoV-2.
But now there are tons of new cases, as the specialized magazine “Science” writes.
Adjust the vaccine?
The Frankfurt virologist Martin Stürmer confirmed to the newspaper “Bild” that therefore the vaccine may need to be adjusted. “I suppose the Biontech researchers are watching this very closely,” he says.
He believes that we may need multiple vaccines in the coming years that cover different variants of the virus. As you already know from the flu shot.
However, due to P1, there is still no great reason to go into panic mode. It is not certain that P1 is really the trigger for the new wave in Manaus. According to “Science”, the epidemiologist Oliver Prybus of the University of Oxford (Great Britain) does not rule out the possibility that the immunity of the population simply decreases and the virus can have a good time in the metropolis. (gf)
Chief Vaccination Strategist: “At the moment, vaccination cannot stop the crown mutation”(01:05)
