The new UK version seems to be 70% more circulated (representative)
Washington:
The United States is monitoring the new strain of COVID-19 emerging in the United States, many U.S. officials said on Sunday, not knowing when the mutated version arrived in the United States.
“, We do not know yet. We are certainly looking at this issue very carefully, ”says Dr. Monsep Saloi told CNN’s“ State of the Union ”program.
Saloi, chief scientific adviser to the Trump administration’s Operation Tana Speed, said the UK mutation was “highly unlikely” resistant to current vaccines, adding: “We cannot rule it out, but this is not now. ”
Other health officials in the outgoing Trump administration and the new Biden administration have also said they are witnessing a rapid spread of tensions in Britain. The new UK version appears to be 70% more permeable due to new enforced lockdowns in the UK and travel restrictions from its European neighbors.
US President Donald Trump’s surgeon general Jerome Adams said mutation viruses were not uncommon, any new COVID-19 strain meant Americans needed to be more vigilant in washing their hands, wearing masks, guarding their distances and avoid congestion. necessary.
Adams told CBS News: “At this time, we have no indication that this continues to interfere with our ability to vaccinate people, or that it is dangerous or fatal in any way.” Face the Nation Program ”.
Asked about the potential impact on travel between the US and UK, US Assistant Secretary of Health Admiral Brett Girir told ABC News’ ‘This Week’ program: “I don’t think there is a reason for the alarm to sound now. Continue. “
“We don’t know if it’s more dangerous,” said Jiroir, a member of the White House coronavirus task force. “At the moment, it looks like the vaccine should cover everything we see.”
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