[국제]’Mutation’ with high fatality…”After the pandemic, the war against mutation”

[앵커]

In addition to its rapid spread, there are reports that the fatality rate is high.

There is concern that even if we try to catch the current pandemic situation, we will enter the next stage of’war on mutation’.

This is reporter Kim Jeong-hoe.

[기자]

At the beginning of this month, little was known about the COVID-19 mutant virus.

The British departed from the GR type and the South African departed from the GH type were all characterized by their rapid propagation power.

However, a study that shows that mutations originating in the UK have a high fatality rate has increased the sense of crisis.

[패트릭 발란스 / 영국 최고 과학자문관 : 기존 바이러스 감염자 천 명에서 대략 10명이 숨진다면 변이 바이러스 감염자는 13명~14명이 숨질 수 있습니다.]

Noting the results of a study in the UK where mutations are high, US epidemic authority director Anthony Pouch warns that it is time to accept the dangers of mutations from the UK.

He stressed that it will cause more damage, such as increasing the number of severely ill patients and deaths, as it has higher toxicity and fatality than existing viruses.

But it’s not just the UK variant that’s worried.

South African mutant virus also raises concern as many studies at South African and American universities suggest that existing vaccines may not work for South African mutants.

Health authorities in various countries, including Korea, believe that there is a high possibility that the response to Corona 19 will be shaken by the mutant virus.

[권준욱 / 중앙방역대책본부 제2부본부장 : 국내에 광범위하게 퍼진다면 (치명률이) 바로 1.2로 올라간다는 얘기이고, 이는 지난해 12월 중순의 악몽 같은 상황으로 돌아갈 수도 있다는 얘기가 됩니다.]

Academia also suggests that Corona 19 will not end easily because of the mutant virus.

Jeffrey Barrett, director of the UK’s Corona 19 Genetics Institute, diagnosed that the next step in the pandemic would be the fight against the mutant virus.

This is the reason why countries are engaged in mutant virus research, concerned about the effect of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.

This is YTN Kim Jeong-hoe.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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