New strain of corona virus is found in UK . What are facts about it ?
Dec 24,2020.
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- The New Corona Virus is the Mutated version of the COVID-19.
- A new variant of SARS- CoV 2 virus [Variant Under Investigation (VUI)-20212/01] has been reported by the Government of United Kingdom (UK) to World Health Organization (WHO).
- This
variant is estimated by European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) to be more transmissible and
affecting younger population. This variant is defined by a set of 17 changes or mutations.
- One of the most significant is an N501Y mutation in the spike protein that the virus uses to bind to the human ACE2 receptor.
- Changes in this part of the spike protein may result in the virus becoming more infectious and spreading more easily between people.
- This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) describes the activities to be undertaken at the point of
entry and in the community for all International passengers who have travelled from or transited
through UK in the past 4 weeks (from 25th November to 23rd December 2020). Any reference to
testing in this SOP implies RT-PCR testing only.
- The variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, according to the study by the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. There’s no clear evidence that it results in more or less severe disease.
- The U.K. government had previously said the mutated variant appears to be as much as 70% more transmissible than other circulating strains. Additionally, it has almost two dozen mutations that may affect proteins made by the coronavirus, Patrick Vallance, the U.K.’s chief scientific adviser, said on Dec.19.
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