England finds COVID-19 New species must keep an eye on “B1525”
Two separate teams of researchers reported in one voice: They found COVID-19. A worrisome new mutant in New York City and other areas in the Northeast of the United States.
Genome researchers have named COVID-19. The mutant, “B.1.526,” was found in infected people living in different neighborhoods of New York City.
The COVID-19 mutant, similar to the “501.V2” mutant in South Africa, has been found to be able to bypass the immune response caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. As well Researchers are concerned that the later COVID-19 mutation might have this feature and become commonplace.
“We have observed a steady increase in the rate of COVID-19 B.1.526 infection from late December to mid-February. That’s an alarming 12.7% increase over the past two weeks, ”said one team at Columbia University Medical Center.
B.1.526 is counted as COVID-19. The newest mutant to occur in the United States. In which someone is infected with the COVID-19 virus Cumulative total of more than 28 million
Dr. David Ho, director of the Columbia Center for AIDS Research, Aaron Diamond. Who led the study team said Viruses are mutated all the time. The more people are infected And the longer the infection The more likely the virus will change. The patient’s body is packed with billions of copies of the virus and may be subjected to minor alterations or mutations.
Location of mutations in COVID-19 The new mutant most concerned with researchers is E484K, which allows the virus to partially pass through the immune system. Currently, 59 strains of COVID-19 have been identified at the E484K location, but researchers are particularly concerned with the newly discovered B.1.526 strain.
“It’s a new mutant that has seen an alarming increase in ratios in our patient population over the past few weeks. Our concern is COVID-19. This species may start to overtake other strains to the same extent as those in the UK and South Africa, ”Dr. Ho said.
Compiled from CNN
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