According to Premier Johnson, there is evidence that the corona mutation is more deadly in the UK than the previous virus.
However, the evidence is very thin.
There are apparently new
findings
about the
coronavirus variant
from
Great Britain
.
Premier Johnson
spoke of "some indications" that the
mutation is more
deadly than the previous virus.
On
Sunday
,
however
, the
government
rowed
back
Update January 24, 10:48:
Could the new
Corona
-
mutation
is not only contagious but also deadly?
The question of
mortality has been a
concern of researchers around the world since the discovery of the new
virus variant B1.1.7.
In England, fears now seem to be proving to be true.
Again, it is British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
who has delivered the worrying message.
There are
"some indications
", Johnson announced on Friday that the new variant is associated with higher mortality.
That was especially true for
men in their sixties
, added Johnson.
Shortly before Christmas, it was
Johnson
who announced a higher
risk of infection from the mutation
.
Accordingly, the statements of the
British Prime Minister
caused a stir and discussion since Friday.
Scientists, however, reacted slightly puzzled.
There are not yet enough data
to prove
an increased
mortality
.
Government is pulling back: But no higher mortality with corona mutation?
- "not really sure"
On Sunday, the
UK
government finally rowed
back and relativized Johnson's statement.
In an interview with
Sky News
,
Health Minister Matt Hancock
said that studies had shown
different data
.
Accordingly, it is
“not really sure how deadly”
the
mutation B.1.1.7
is.
However, there is a risk that more people will die because of the variant first discovered in south-east England, Hancock said.
The fact is that with a relatively
small amount of data,
a higher mortality rate was measured, from which, however, no reliable conclusion can be drawn.
Some scientists
defended
Boris Johnson's premature statement because of this.
"We have to be
transparent
," said scientific
advisor Peter Horby
on the
BBC
.
"If we hadn't told people about it, we would be accused of covering it up."
Corona Mutation: Corona Mutation: Evidence of higher mortality in Great Britain
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Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of Great Britain, at a press conference on Downing Street on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hannah McKay
First report from January 23rd:
London - The fear of the
Corona mutations
is great.
In order to make it more difficult to spread in Germany, the federal government and federal states extended the lockdown until mid-February.
The novel mutant P.1 from Brazil was recently detected for the first time in a returnee to Hesse.
Previously were in Germany
variants B.1.351 from South Africa
and
B.1.1.7 from the UK
have been found.
The UK variant of the coronavirus has so far been known to spread faster than the original
virus
.
According to British experts,
B.1.1.7
should be
transmitted
30 to 70 percent more easily.
But now there are apparently first indications in the United Kingdom that the
mutation is even more deadly than the corona virus, which has been rampant to date
.
Corona variant more deadly than previous virus?
Johnson speaks of "some clues"
There are
“some indications”
for this assumption
, said
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
on Friday at a press conference in London.
The government's scientific advisor went into a little more detail.
Patrick Vallance said
data from hospitals
suggested
the mutation-induced Covid-19 disease was
30 to 40 percent more
likely to be fatal
.
If one
assumes
with the previous
variant
that
ten out
of 1,000 people
will die
by the age of 60
, be it around
13 or 14
deaths
with the mutation
.
But Vallance also restricted: Whether and how much more deadly the
new variant
, which first appeared in the southeastern English county of Kent at the end of last year, is still
very uncertain
.
Coronavirus mutation, according to Johnson, mainly responsible for high number of clinic patients
He is a little more certain about the
protective effect of
the corona vaccines used so far.
He does not assume that this will be
affected
by the
mutation
.
For the other known
variants
from South Africa and Brazil nothing can be said in this regard.
Johnson
meanwhile made the
virus variant
primarily responsible for the enormous increase in Covid 19 patients in hospitals.
78 percent more people are
now being
treated in clinics than during the first wave of
the
pandemic
last spring, said the premier.
(mt / dpa)
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