UK Confirms New Coronavirus Strain Spreads More Quickly, Informs WHO

[sri_india]

London, United Kingdom:

England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty confirmed Saturday that a new coronavirus strain which surfaced in the country could spread faster and called for greater public vigilance to reduce transmission.

Whitty said London had informed the World Health Organization of its findings.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Monday said scientists had identified a "new variant" in the south of England that could be causing infections to spread faster.

Britain has seen rising cases and hospital admissions this month and Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to give a press conference on the virus situation on Saturday afternoon.

The prime minister was reportedly to announce new travel restrictions for London and southeast England in the run-up to Christmas.

"As a result of the rapid spread of the new variant, preliminary modelling data and rapidly rising incidence rates in the South East (an expert body advising the government) now consider that the new strain can spread more quickly," Whitty said.

"We have alerted the World Health Organization," he said, but added: 'There is no current evidence to suggest the new strain causes a higher mortality rate or that it affects vaccines and treatments although urgent work is underway to confirm this."

Whitty warned that the new evidence made it "more vital than ever" that the public did all they could to reduce transmission.

[Kool_SRG]

Malli na.. 

[sri_india]

Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty said:

As announced on Monday, the UK has identified a new variant of Covid-19 through Public Health England’s genomic surveillance.

As a result of the rapid spread of the new variant, preliminary modelling data and rapidly rising incidence rates in the South East, the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) now consider that the new strain can spread more quickly.

We have alerted the World Health Organisation and are continuing to analyse the available data to improve our understanding.

There is no current evidence to suggest the new strain causes a higher mortality rate or that it affects vaccines and treatments although urgent work is underway to confirm this.

Given this latest development it is now more vital than ever that the public continue to take action in their area to reduce transmission.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-chief-medical-officer-professor-chris-whitty-about-new-strain-of-covid-19?source=content_type%3Areact|first_level_url%3Anews|section%3Amain_content|button%3Abody_link

[sri_india]

Just now, Kool_SRG said:

Malli na.. 

2020 just trailer emo  ...

 

inka aaa @PilliBeta neee rakshinchali eee prapanchani

[Kool_SRG]

1 minute ago, sri_india said:

2020 just trailer emo  ...

 

inka aaa @PilliBeta neee rakshinchali eee prapanchani

Vammo..

[perugu_vada]

As long as it diesnot affect vaccines, it shall be fine i guess

[Kootami]

Will they call it britain virus ?

[PilliBeta]

31 minutes ago, sri_india said:

2020 just trailer emo  ...

 

inka aaa @PilliBeta neee rakshinchali eee prapanchani

Everyone is doing a strike here about vaccine distribution, what should I do?

[PilliBeta]

21 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

As long as it diesnot affect vaccines, it shall be fine i guess

Vaccine should be effective since they target multiple antigens, not just one. 

[MagaMaharaju]

18 minutes ago, PilliBeta said:

Everyone is doing a strike here about vaccine distribution, what should I do?

be the leader of anti strike movement

[MagaMaharaju]

🥺

[sri_india]

26 minutes ago, PilliBeta said:

Vaccine should be effective since they target multiple antigens, not just one. 

nee eee statement correct ee kahdaaa? malli oka 2 months ki vochi nee new strain ki vaccine pani cheyadhu anaru gaa??

[PilliBeta]

6 minutes ago, sri_india said:

nee eee statement correct ee kahdaaa? malli oka 2 months ki vochi nee new strain ki vaccine pani cheyadhu anaru gaa??

I don't know. But let me tell you this, intamundu Ugur Sahin published a paper on mRNA nanoparticles as vaccine for cancer. Andulo he was targeting multiple antigens in the cancer to get good immune response. Ippudu chesina covid vaccine, same chemistry ani chepparu kani andulo em em antigens ni target chestunnaro inka publish cheyaledu. If they are using the same chemistry they should be stupid to not target multiple antigens. That is the vaccine that Pfizer is distributing. Moderna vaccine chemistry publish cheyaledu, so I don't know about it. 

[MagaMaharaju]

2 minutes ago, PilliBeta said:

I don't know. But let me tell you this, intamundu Ugur Sahin published a paper on mRNA nanoparticles as vaccine for cancer. Andulo he was targeting multiple antigens in the cancer to get good immune response. Ippudu chesina covid vaccine, same chemistry ani chepparu kani andulo em em antigens ni target chestunnaro inka publish cheyaledu. If they are using the same chemistry they should be stupid to not target multiple antigens. That is the vaccine that Pfizer is distributing. Moderna vaccine chemistry publish cheyaledu, so I don't know about it. 

So Pfizer vaccine safe bet antav as of now

[PilliBeta]

Just now, MagaMaharaju said:

So Pfizer vaccine safe bet antav as of now

Moderna also might be good. I just don't know how it's made.