COVID-19 mutations are able to bring people back “every two or four years”, a leading expert has warned.
Professor Paul Hunter said that we should expect new changes to emerge but that they would not necessarily lead to serious illness in patients.
Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, said it was important that we monitor the mutations because “it has been very difficult to predict exactly what will happen to coronaviruses.”
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Saturday: “Many new changes are just dying. Expect this, we know from other human coronaviruses that have been with us for decades, if not centuries, that these viruses are gradually moving. “
Dr. said. Hunter: “Eventually with the other human coronaviruses, we expect to get a reaction about every two or four years with the same virus.
“So we tend to see that happen with coronavirus, and that doesn’t mean we’re going to have a lot of serious diseases.
“But it has been very difficult to predict exactly what will happen to coronaviruses because you do not know what each new variable will do and we need to monitor them and make sure they do not weaken the map- road. ”
To date the UK has used rigorous testing to rule out issues of new change, including layers of Brazil and South Africa.
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has said that elevated strains designed to combat new strains of the coronavirus should be ready for distribution to people over 70 by September.
He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper that the government expects up to eight different views to be available before the autumn.
Zahawi said frontal health workers, the elderly and people with severe health conditions would be given increased visibility initially making them more vulnerable to COVID-19.
Guards: PM says road map to freedom along the way
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that nothing in the current data would prevent the roadmap from loosening locks.
Speaking at the Conservatives’ virtual spring forum on Saturday, he said: “In just a few days, I am finally able to get to the barbers.
“But more importantly, I can go down the street and carefully, but inevitably, I’m going to drink a pint of beer in the pub.
“And as things stand, I can’t see anything in the data to move me from continuing on our roadmap to freedom, unlocking our economy and getting back to what life is like. we love. ”
As much of Europe sees a new rise in the pandemic, Britain is counting on a swift immunization program to help stop the lockout and prevent the outbreak of coronavirus of Europe.
Nearly 30 million people in the UK, making up 55% of adults, have received their first dose of vaccine.
The UK has recorded over 126,000 confirmed deaths.
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