The Brazilian corona mutant is also on the advance in the Free State.
What is particularly dangerous about this is that it is significantly more contagious and resistant than other mutations.
Munich - In the fight against the corona pandemic, the vaccination campaign in Bavaria is slowly picking up speed - but the number of infections is currently increasing.
This is partly due to the highly contagious virus mutations that are in circulation.
The Brazilian mutant P1 has now also arrived in the Free State - and is spreading faster and faster there.
Corona in Bavaria: Virus mutation from Brazil is spreading - 57 infections known
As the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) reports, 57 infections are already known in Bavaria (as of March 30).
In Ingolstadt, for example, three people (as of March 30) were infected with the Brazilian mutation, according to the local health department.
Infectiologists are concerned about these developments: The virus variant from South America is much more contagious and resistant than all mutations that have been rampant to date.
"The Brazilian corona mutant is a worrying variant," reports senior physician Dr.
Christoph Spinner opposite the
BR
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He is the pandemic officer at the Munich Klinikum rechts der Isar.
The Brazilian health system is currently on the verge of collapse.
In a single day, over 3,600 corona-related deaths were recorded there.
Corona: Mutant from Brazil is more easily transmitted - even with herd immunity
The said virus mutant is primarily responsible for this tragic development.
What is particularly dangerous about this is that a surface protein has changed in her.
Spinner: "These changes in the surface protein Spike mean that the Sars Corona Virus 2 pathogens are more easily transmitted, that they are more infectious and that antibodies bind more poorly, so that they can be more resistant to an immune response."
In plain language, this means: The human body is less able to defend itself against the coronavirus, this also applies to "herd immunity".
In other words, many people are still infected when - as in Brazil - a large part of the population has already been vaccinated and people have survived an infection.
Corona mutations: Infectiologist sees a way out with vaccinations
According to the infectiologist Spinner, the solution to this misery is crystal clear: keep vaccinating.
According to the senior physician, which vaccine is administered does not matter.
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