By Dr Edward Nazareth
Dec 28: As we are approaching the end of the year 2020, the mutated COVID19 virus is creating havoc in the United Kingdom and in other European countries. The daily number of positive cases is steadily rising in the United States. The problem in USA doesn’t seem to be related to the mutated strain. Fresh lockdowns are imposed in many of the countries all over and most of the world is anxiously waiting for an effective vaccine to save us from this deadly virus.
But overall, numbers in India are falling for reasons not yet fully clear. Though the authorities are warning to be cautious, people in India seem to be care free. There is a general feeling that we are out from the clutches of COVID19 virus. Many people including some experts believe that the mutated virus may not affect us.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine s researchers found that while the UK variant is 56% more transmissible, there s no evidence yet that it leads to more serious disease cases. Nevertheless, the increase in transmissibility is likely to lead to a large increase in incidence, with COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths projected to reach higher levels in 2021 than were observed in 2020, they said.
Threat assesment report
Here s what the European Centers for Disease Control stated
While the UK variant s origin remains a mystery, a new threat assessment report by the European Centers for Disease Control (E-CDC) says SARS-CoV-2 s mutation rate is two changes per month, as per molecular clock estimates.
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