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The new mutated coronavirus strain first discovered in the UK has drawn global attention. About 40 countries around the world have suspended traffic with the UK. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that the strain of the virus could have been American spread. Some experts even pointed out that it may have originated in the United States.
According to the CNBC News and The Sun report on 22, the CDC noted that although the new mutant strain of coronavirus was not first discovered in the United States, there are many cases of infection in the local area and scientists have not yet sequenced the relevant genetic codes. The CDC said there are 17 million cases in the United States, but only about 51,000 have been sequenced, so it may have missed the new strain of the mutated virus.
Anthony Fauci, the leading expert on novel coronavirus pneumonia in the United States, said this variant of the new strain of coronavirus may have spread in the United States. According to The Washington Post, Jeremy Luban, a virologist at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, said it may even come from the United States. He noted that due to the fragmented sequencing plan in the United States, perhaps this strain of the virus appeared in the United States but was not found.
Similarly, virologist Angela Rasmussen of the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Safety (Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security) is concerned that this new strain of virus may have entered the the United States.
The CDC said that this new mutated virus strain is currently called “SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01”, and will be circulating throughout the south-east of England in November. It is said that 60% of recent cases in London are caused by it. In fact, the infectivity of this new variant strain of coronavirus can be up to 70% higher than that of the original virus. It was discovered in London earlier this month, but now it has at least been found in 6 other locations around the world, including Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Gibraltar, Australia, and Belgium.
Scott Gottlieb, former director of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was asked if the travel ban would help stop the spread of this new strain of the virus to the United States. He said he thought the strain might be in the United States. “I do not believe that the implementation of the travel ban at this time will help prevent the entry of variant strains of the virus into the United States.” Gautrib said that the new corona pneumonia will remain an epidemic for 3-4 weeks, but with vaccination, the infection rate will gradually decrease.
(Zhongshi News Network)
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