There are currently still many unanswered questions regarding the corona mutation in Great Britain.
However, experts are now delivering initial research results that are surprising.
A new
coronavirus mutation was
detected
in the
UK
in December
.
Researchers have
dealt intensively with the
variant
and have now come to
surprising study results
.
Apparently the mutation is
particularly contagious
for people who are
under 20 years old
.
London - In December, a
coronavirus mutation
detected
in
Great Britain
caused a
stir.
According to initial findings, the new variant is
significantly more contagious
than the already known form, British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
announced on December 19, 2020.
“There is still a lot we don't know.
But there is no evidence that the new variant causes more or more severe disease processes, ”Johnson said in this context.
Much is now still unclear what the
mutation is
concerns.
However, virologists
and other scientists are constantly working on further research into the
coronavirus
variant
.
It is currently clear that the
mutation
has spread in other countries outside the UK.
Another coronavirus mutation has also been discovered in Japan.
Corona mutation: One group is likely to be particularly affected - study delivers surprising results
Experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have
already confirmed that the
coronavirus
mutation
discovered in Great Britain
could increase the transmittability of the virus by 50 to 70 percent.
Under the same external conditions
, more people are
infected with the
new variant
.
According to the British health authorities, an
average of
15 percent of people
who had contact with an infected person would become infected
with the
mutation
- compared to ten percent with the "standard virus" *, reported the
Frankfurter Rundschau
*.
Initial
studies also
provided further surprising findings.
According to the
research
, the
variant found
in the
UK is
particularly contagious for people under the age of 20
, according to experts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
"We need to see this as a pandemic within a pandemic." @ AdamJKucharski tells @ BBCr4today that with this new variant, each interaction we have has become riskier. "
📻 (1:11:00) https://t.co/3VxVaAN1mj # COVID19 #PublicHealth
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (@LSHTM) January 9, 2021
In the video: Corona mutation from Great Britain - How dangerous is it?
Coronavirus mutation: Study delivers surprising results - people under 20 years of age are particularly affected
This
result
is surprising,
among other things, because with regard to the conventional form of the
coronavirus
it was still assumed in autumn that it was
less contagious
- at least for
smaller children
.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a speech in November that studies show that small children are “
obviously not as infectious
” as adults.
However, these findings are also repeatedly questioned - a study by top virologist Christian Drosten was revised again in this regard.
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