BZ-INTERVIEW with the virologist Marcus Panning about the South African variant of the coronavirus that was detected in the district.
. Two cases with the South African variant of the coronavirus were detected in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. In an interview with Max Schuler, the virologist Marcus Panning from the Freiburg University Hospital assesses the danger of the mutation.
BZ: The South African variant B.1.351 of the coronavirus has been detected in two cases in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. How worried you are?
Panning: It was to be expected that we would also see this variant in southern Baden. The first cases in Germany in December and January involved a trip. They were people who came from South Africa and brought the variant with them. In the meantime, it is no longer possible to reconstruct in all cases where the people were infected. If we look to Tyrol, there is a widespread occurrence of this variant. So it’s not surprising that she’s with us now.
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