Another coronavirus mutation is found in Germany.
The first message about this comes from a plane in Brazil.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The next
corona mutation will
be detected in Germany.
The infected person traveled
to
Germany
from
Brazil
by
plane
.
He or she was notified on the plane, but apparently had no
Covid 19 symptoms
.
Munich / Wiesbaden / Frankfurt am Main - The
mutations of the insidious corona
virus are increasing in
Germany
, and with them the tricky names that you have to remember.
Coronavirus mutations in Germany: First detection of the Brazilian mutant in Hesse
For the first time (as of January 22nd), the
new type of corona variant from Brazil
has been detected in the Federal Republic of Germany, once by a returnee.
Known
corona mutations
have now also
been detected
in
Germany
- there have been three so far.
1. known variant:
Corona mutation from Great Britain B.1.1.7
2nd known variant:
Corona mutation from South Africa B.1.351
3rd known variant:
Corona mutation from Brazil P.1
Specifically: The person arrived
from Brazil in Frankfurt am Main
on Thursday
, said virologist Sandra Ciesek and Hesse's Minister of Social Affairs Kai Klose (The Greens) according to the
German Press Agency (dpa)
in Wiesbaden this Friday.
The
mutation
discovered
in
Brazil was
detected
in a PCR test in the laboratory
.
The sequencing is still pending.
What makes this mutation so tricky?
There are concerns in science that people who are
immune
to
SARS-CoV-2
could still become infected with this form.
For example, the biologist Jesse Bloom from the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
in Seattle (USA)
sees
an evolutionary advantage over the other
forms of coronavirus,
according to a report by the science
portal sciencemag.org
.
This
mutation
would be more resistant to antibodies, so to speak.
Coronavirus mutations in Germany: infected person came to Frankfurt by plane from Brazil
Curious: it was already reported from the
plane from Brazil
that a person who tested positive was on board.
To the
best of
their knowledge, the person should not
have shown
any
symptoms of Covid-19
.
The
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
in Berlin reported no further evidence of the
mutant in Germany
until this Friday
.
So far, three
corona mutations are
known: one from
Great Britain
, one from
South Africa
and one from
Brazil
.
According to initial findings, all three are said to be more contagious than the original form of the
corona virus
.
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