The number of infections is increasing rapidly, yet it remains quiet on the ic. Is it calm before the storm, which breaks loose when young people start to infect the elderly or does the virus become less powerful?
Of course, everyone and virologists hopes for the latter the most, but according to the Belgian professor Marc van Ranst, that is not the case. “We continuously monitor this in reference laboratories in Leuven”, the virologist at VTM NIEUWS responds. “We take full genomes. We will determine the genetic material of viruses and compare it with strains in other countries. We see that there are no changes yet, so we cannot say that it has become a less powerful virus. We hope that every time. ”
The explanation for the empty ICs must be sought in the way of testing. “We are now testing many more people who have few symptoms. They are completely different age groups. During the first wave, it was often seniors, often fragile people, who fell ill. Now it is young people who, when they become ill, become less seriously ill and do not end up in hospital. ”
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