The most mutated variant of CORONAVIRUS is spreading from Africa: It is already in Europe! – Topky

As I write novinky.cz, experts warned that this variant has up to 16 mutations and is still the most different from the original virus from the Chinese Wu-chan. Such rapid mutations can cause the coronavirus to bypass the antibodies, but also to avoid the body’s immune response.

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A statement from the English Public Health Office also shows that the situation is serious. He said that scientists are paying attention to this variant.

The variant was investigated by South African scientists from the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the Kwazul-Natal Platform for Sequencing and Research Innovation.

“We describe the newly discovered SARS-CoV-2 line with several mutations in (genetic information about) S-protein, which appeared in the main metropolitan area of ​​South Africa after the first wave of the epidemic. It has now spread to several places in two neighboring provinces. that this line has expanded rapidly and is becoming dominant in the three provinces at the same time as diseases have risen rapidly again, “ it is reported in a report stating that this variant has 16 mutations. Others have a maximum of 14 to 15 mutations.

“Although the significance of the mutations is not yet known, genetic and epidemiological data suggest that this variant has a selective advantage due to either higher transmissibility or the ability to avoid an immune response, or both.” experts explain.