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Himedik.com – Experts warn that varian virus corona The new Covid-19 called R1 is something to watch out for, as it has several mutation dangerous.
US health officials say the R1 coronavirus variant has several mutations to suspect, although this variant of the coronavirus is not yet in the category of variant of concern by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Because, some mutations of the R1 corona virus variant may be able to make it escape the immunity formed by the Covid-19 vaccine. Although, the Covid-19 vaccine is still the best way to protect yourself from corona virus Covid-19.
American scientist William Haseltine, a professor at Harvard Medical School The Sun, said that this R1 corona virus variant has 5 mutations that were previously also found in the corona virus variant of concern.
Previously, this R1 coronavirus variant was first discovered in Japan and has spread to 37 other countries. Now, the number of cases of the R1 corona virus variant has reached 10,500 globally and is expected to grow even more.
Now, experts are worried about the R1 corona virus variant because it has several dangerous mutations, such as E484K which is in Beta and Gamma variants.
This mutation has previously been shown to be able to avoid or escape antibodies, which are proteins in the blood that can fight viral infections. The CDC also strongly supports the investigation of the R1 coronavirus variant, due to concerns over some of its dangerous mutations.
The CDC also concluded that there is a possibility that the Covid-19 vaccine cannot protect us from the R1 corona virus variant, when compared to the original variant.
Although, Amesh A. Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security, said the R1 coronavirus variant will not replace the Delta variant. So, he advised everyone not to worry too much about the new variant.
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