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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the recent surge in cases in the southeast of the country, including the capital London, was caused by the new mutated type of coronavirus.
Johnson claimed that this new strain, which was detected based on the first available data, was up to 70 percent more contagious compared to the old one.
THE MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC BOARD WARN
Member of the Scientific Committee of Coronavirus of the Ministry of Health Prof. Dr. Serap Şimşek Yavuz also shared a post about the new genus on his social media account.
Prof. Dr Yavuz said that “N501 in the RBD region of the UK-defined SARS-CoV-2 origin B.1.1.7, and P681H mutations at the furin cleavage site may be important in terms of infectivity and virulence, they must be closely monitored. “
WHAT IS MUTATION?
In the dictionary of corona virus prepared by the Ministry of Health, it was stated that the word mutation means “permanent change in the genetic material of an organism or virus.” The statement read: “Many more mutations occur in RNA viruses than in DNA viruses. It was said that “SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus.”
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