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New corona mutation: do children get infected more often?

2020-12-27T14:40:53.173Z


A new corona mutation is spreading in the UK. British scientists have researched whether children are more likely to be infected with this variant of the virus.


A new corona mutation is spreading in the UK.

British scientists have researched whether children are more likely to be infected with this variant of the virus.

  • In

    the UK

    a mutated form of is

    coronavirus

    been discovered.

  • According to British researchers, the new Corona * variant could increasingly

    infect

    children

    .

  • Even

    Christian Drosten

    and

    Karl Lauterbach

    comment on

    Twitter

    about the new

    SARS-CoV-2

    mutation.

London - Just before

Christmas

, of

all places

, while large parts of

Europe are

doing

everything possible to contain

the

corona pandemic

,

news

comes from

Great Britain

about the latest mutation in

the

corona

virus

.

British researchers are now

announcing

that the new

Covid-19 mutation B.1.1.7

could possibly be particularly contagious

for

children

.

At a press conference last Monday (December 21, 2020) Neil Ferguson stated: "There is some

evidence

that it has a higher tendency

to infect

children

".

Ferguson is a member of the “New and Emerging Respirator VIrus Threats Advisory Group”, which

advises

the British government on the

corona

pandemic.

According to British researchers, the corona mutation has a "higher tendency" to infect children

According to his colleague Wendy Barclay, some mutations affect the way the

coronavirus

enters a cell.

Accordingly, it could be that "children may be just as susceptible to this

virus

as adults".

Therefore, Barclay suspects that "more children could become infected".

It

was not explained

which

age groups

could be particularly affected.

Up to 70 percent more contagious?

It is unclear whether more children have been infected with Corona so far

Much is

not yet known

about the new mutation of

Sars-CoV-2

.

According to

initial

studies, however, the new

Corona

variant may be up to

70 percent more contagious

than the previous virus.

Many countries therefore quickly took appropriate measures to

contain

the mutated

coronavirus

, such as a

travel ban

from Great Britain.

Despite entry bans, the

Covid-19 mutation has

already

been detected

in

Australia

, the

Netherlands

and

Denmark

.

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Is the new corona mutation particularly dangerous for children?

(Symbol photo)

© Gao Jing / dpa

Drosten suspects new corona mutation already in Germany

Christian Drosten

, virologist and director of the

Berlin Charité

, believes that the virus is now also in

Germany

.

Drosten expresses himself extremely concerned

on

Twitter

, although the publicly known documents are currently still considered incomplete: "Unfortunately, that doesn't look good," wrote the virologist on the short message service in relation to a

study by

the British health authority.

However

, the doctor says nothing about

the suspicion that

children are

particularly often infected with the new

Corona

variant.

In the meantime, however, Drosten referred to his earlier tweet and stated that he

wanted

to "put

an end to

speculation

".

The

virologist

emphasizes that his statement refers solely to the "clearer evidence of the increased spread of the mutant".

With the formulation "That doesn't look good" I started something ... To put an end to speculation: this only referred to the now clearer evidence of the increased spread of the mutant.

Otherwise no change in my assessment.

https://t.co/mj1AyNag7i

- Christian Drosten (@c_drosten) December 22, 2020

Will more children be infected?

- Lauterbach (SPD) does not want to end the corona lockdown too early

The

data

previously

cited

by

Christian Drosten

suggest that the new

coronavirus

mutation could possibly be

more contagious,

alone or in combination with other

mutations

.

Karl Lauterbach

, health expert for the

SPD

, is concerned about the latest developments.

The

politician wrote

on

Twitter

that it will be important "

not to end

the

lockdown

too early".

Otherwise the new

Corona

variant could become a very big problem.

(Nail Akkoyun)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Gao Jing / dpa

Source: merkur

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