Britain city London virus strain Health Britain city London

New Covid strain: Govt is alert, no need to panic, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

Reading now: 906
www.livemint.com

How does the new Covid variant act?1) The virus tends to evolve or mutate quickly, particularly those like flu that require new vaccines to be developed each year because of changes in key proteins.2) SARS-CoV-2 also changes, although generally at a slower pace than some other viruses because it has a self-correcting mechanism that keeps its genetic sequence relatively stable.3) Coronavirus case rates nearly doubled in London over the past week, with almost 60% of these infections attributed to the new virus strain.4) The new strain identified in the UK is up to 70% more infectious but it is not thought to be more deadly and vaccines should still be effective.5) Scientific evidence says that the new variant can spread significantly more.

Read more on livemint.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA