- A new mutation of coronavirus has been discovered in South Africa, where a variant called 501.V2 appears to fuel the second wave of COVID-19 in the country.
- The new strain appears to be more dangerous, causing more severe illness in younger patients who do not suffer from other medical conditions.
- Health experts believe that the new case of SARS-CoV-2 can be ruled out by the standard vaccines.
Like any other pathogen, the novel coronavirus is constantly evolving in response to the hosts it infects. It is a mutation that allowed the virus to eventually reach species that jump between animals and humans. Anyway, that’s what researchers think happened to the original snoring that influenced the first humans. A forthcoming WHO study in China may find more answers about the early days of the Wuhan revolution.
SARS-CoV-2 continued to follow, with scientists closely monitoring these genetic changes. This is essential because virus mutations can make them more contagious or dangerous and can interfere with drug and vaccine testing. Several novel novel coronavirus strains have been discovered to date. Mutation of D614G is believed to be dependent on the current status of the pandemic. This mutation will not make the virus more dangerous, but it will become more contagious. D614G left China and captured most of the world, returning to Asia a few months later. Since then, other strains have been discovered, including one or two versions of a new coronavirus that is rapidly spreading in the UK and South Africa. Now, it seems the latter could be more dangerous of the two.
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The Cluster 5 mutation in the Danish mink put the world into a short frenzy a few weeks ago. The local government warned that the mutation could evade antibodies that could block the virus’s spike proteins. These proteins are formed when someone injects the virus after infection or through vaccination. Concerns about mink mutation have waned from early fears, however, and it seems that routine vaccines may still work against this new pressure.
A few days ago, UK health officials announced that another new coronavirus mutation was spreading rapidly in the south of the country. The species exhibited 17 distinct genetic changes, most of which affected the spike protein. One of them is called N501Y, affecting the binding motif of the spike protein, according to the UK COVID-19 Genomics Consortium. The mutation did not appear to be causing more serious illness, according to public health officials.
Now, a few days later, South African authorities have reported another SARS-CoV-2 mutation that appears to be driving the second wave in the country. South Africa has nearly 1 million infections, with more than 24,000 people dying from COVID-19 complications. The second wave began in mid-November, with the country recording more than 10,000 cases in one day a few days ago. This appears to be the local peak of the second wave, but the case count may continue to climb.
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced a 501.V2 mutation of the virus, reports East Africa. Unlike UK snoring, this one could cause more serious illness. The official said on Twitter that local clinicians had found documentary evidence of a patient’s clinical presentation. They said a larger proportion of younger people develop acute illness without suffering from other comorbidities.
“The evidence gathered, therefore, strongly indicates that the second wave we are experiencing is driven by this new version,” Mkhize said at a briefing Friday.
The second wave also appears to be spreading faster than the previous one, according to local officials. The Network for the Study of Genomics in South Africa (NGS-SA) found the mutation in several regions, noting between 10-20 mutations that have not been seen in other series since September. It is not clear where the new version came from.
Health officials are “still convinced” that routine vaccines will work against the new pressure, he said East Africa.
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