Over 1000 corona strains with different genetic sequences in the UK

The UK’s Health Minister said on the 14th (local time), “In the UK, more than 1,000 cases of a new type of corona 19 with a different gene sequence from the existing coronavirus have appeared.”

It is analyzed that the recent rapid increase in the number of new confirmed cases in the UK to 20,000 per day is not irrelevant.

According to Reuters, British Health Minister Matt Hancock announced in a statement submitted to Congress that “we have identified a new strain of Corona 19.” .

“However, there is no evidence that the strain is likely to cause serious disease,” said Hancock. “Recent clinical findings reassured the British that it is very unlikely that this mutation will not respond to the vaccine.” The UK began vaccinating Pfizer Corona 19 for the first time in the world on the 8th. However, concerns have been raised that the mutation could infect 1,000 people and the vaccine could be useless. The World Health Organization (WHO) dismissed that “we know about the COVID-19 strain that appeared in the UK, but there is no evidence that this strain works differently from the existing virus.”

The number of new confirmed cases in the UK per day was only a few hundred after the first spread from April to May, but it exceeds 20,000 each day, including 22,671 on the 11th of this month and 22,1502 on the 12th. As of the 14th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 1.84 million, the second highest in Europe after Italy.

(Seoul = News 1)