Honored Doctor of Russia, leading scientific editor of the Vrachu.ru service, Mikhail Kagan, told kp.ru reporters that there are three main ways the coronavirus spreads.
– The first is more efficient binding to human cells. When this kind of mutation occurs, the likelihood that a person inhaling the viral particles will develop the disease is significantly increased. The second option is a faster replication of the virus and the creation of a higher “viral load” in the body of an infected person. This leads to the exhalation of more viral particles and increases the infectiousness to others, the specialist said.
Kagan also named the third method. According to him, it is a variant of increasing the ability of the virus to evade the action of antibodies developed against the “simple” Wuhan strain. According to the scientist, such a change can be dangerous for both those who have recovered and those who are vaccinated.
Kogan noted that scientists are not stopping to study new strains of coronavirus, but such abilities of a new infection are cause for concern.
Earlier, the heads of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that Russian specialists recorded more than thousand cases of infection with new strains.
