A new strain of coronavirus found in people who came from the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) is fraught with a new danger. It was described by the head of the UK government's advisory group on new and emerging respiratory virus threats, Professor Peter Horby, reports RIA Novosti on Saturday, December 26.
He noted that mutations in SARS-CoV-2 can not only make it more infectious, but also affect the ability of antibodies to fight the virus. “This could make it easier to re-infection and could mean vaccines may be less effective,” the doctor said.
According to him, structural data speaks of such a development of events. However, they require verification in laboratory tests, Horby concluded.
Earlier in South Africa, it was reported that it had detected a mutation in a new strain of coronavirus that makes it more aggressive than the original version of SARS-CoV-2.
