Protein deficiency behind surge in coronavirus infection in US, Europe
The scientists noted the deficiency of AAT protein is much higher among Europeans and Americans than Asians, which leads to higher levels of neutrophil elastase that helps SARS-CoV-2 to spread more quickly
BusinessToday.In | February 10, 2021 | Updated 01:44 IST
According to scientists, the main reason behind the slow spread of mutant coronavirus in Asia compared to the West is because of deficiency of a particular human protein
While a surge in COVID-19 cases has forced several European and western countries to limit social gatherings, shut down bars, open field hospitals, such measures have become distant memories in much of Asia, especially India. For months now, life across Asia, where the virus first emerged, has mostly returned to normal.
The latest Health Ministry data pushed the national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.20 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.
165 Indians found positive for UK variant of COVID-19 PTI
New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 165, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday.
All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.
“The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 165,” the ministry said.
165 infected with UK variant of COVID-19 in India, says govt
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. PTI
Source: Reuters
The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 165, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.
Inside the dark caverns of the human body, a war is on. Nano-sized, silent and invisible to the naked eye, but brutal and singularly cunning. A viral predator is planning to storm the body’s citadels: the cells. Covert operations are underway.
The virus is undulating its spikes, like balloons on a string. Each spike is coated with sugar the primordial molecule to trick the cells into believing what’s landing is safe.
The camouflage works: cells pop open. Even the powerful soldiers of the body’s immune system miss the malignant presence.
With the potent protein of its spikes, the virus breaks in, to hijack, plunder and infect the cells. In a matter of hours, virus particles appear in every teaspoon of the victim’s blood. An ancient warfare between mankind and pathogens, that has turned a new page in modern times.