JawaPos.com – The health system in London, England, is increasingly critical. Yesterday London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared the status of a major incident. This is because the spike in Covid-19 cases in the British capital was unstoppable. One of the causes is the circulation of the mutated SARS-CoV-2 virus and is 70 percent more contagious.
“In fact, we are running out of patient beds in the coming weeks. Except, transmission slows down drastically, “said Khan as quoted by Agence France-Presse. He asked for greater support from the central government. Because, if the situation remains the same, their health services will be overwhelmed.
National Health System (NHS) medics do claim that what is happening right now is beyond their control. Services at the Royal London Hospital have even implemented a disaster mode since before the turn of the year. They cannot apply the maximum standard of service to critical patients because of the large number of patients arriving.
On the other hand, the Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech has a great opportunity to overcome the mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Both those from England and South Africa (South Africa). The research was conducted by scientists from Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch. The results showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was able to neutralize viruses that had the N501Y mutation. Mutations in that area make the virus spread more quickly.
“The results show that the N501Y mutation does not make it resistant to the immune response induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine,” explained BioNTech.
That research is still early. This is because the vaccine is not used directly for new virus mutations in the UK, B.1.1.7, and mutations in South Africa, 501.V2. Previously, Pfizer tested its vaccine on 15 other mutations.
However, the results of the study were a relief to many. This is because the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is one of the most ordered. The vaccine is expected to stop the spike in cases that are now occurring in various parts of the world, especially in the UK.
Meanwhile, Wuhan, Hubei, China, have never been completely free of Covid-19. The city, where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first discovered, had many people without symptoms (OTG) when the lockdown opened in early April last year. That is what was revealed through a research by Wuhan University researchers published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases on Thursday (7/1).
“The number of people infected with Covid-19 in Wuhan is about three times the official data (owned by the government, ed),” wrote the researchers in the journal as quoted by the South China Morning Post.
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