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A new strain of the coronavirus has been detected in the UK in recent days. According to British authorities, this new variant detected in the south of England may spread more quickly. According to British Minister of Health Matthew Hancock, it has already infected nearly a thousand people.
In South Africa, a new variant coronavirus was also detected, which could explain the speed of transmission of this second wave which also affects younger patients, announced the Minister of Health. South Africa is by far the most affected country on the African continent with around 25,000 deaths and over 900,000 positive cases.
An effect on the vaccine?
While the vaccination campaign is in full swing across the Channel, this rebound is generating serious concerns, the vaccines against Covid-19 being developed from the most widespread virus strains. The British scientific consortium COG-UK nevertheless wanted to
reassuring about this mutation of Sars-CoV-2: “There is no indication for the moment that this new strain causes a higher mortality rate or that it affects vaccines and treatments, but urgent work is underway to confirm this. ”
According to England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, symptoms linked to this news variant do not appear different from the already known variants of the virus. British authorities are also trying to determine whether the same strain may have spread to other countries, including South Africa, where a new mutation of the coronavirus has been detected.
