A new study has found an infectious infection of the novel coronavirus that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain at the end of last year.
For the UK study, published in the BMJ on Wednesday, researchers compared mortality rates among people in Britain who were involved with the new version of SARS-CoV-2 called B.1.1.7 in against those infected with other COVID-19-induced mutations. virus. They said the mortality rate for the new variable was “significantly higher”.
The B.1.1.7 variant was first detected in Britain in September 2020, and was detected in more than 100 other countries. There are 23 mutations in its genetic code – a very high number – and some of them have been made much easier to spread. Scientists say it is about 40 percent -70 percent more mobile than the previous major circulating changes.
In the study, infection with the new variant caused 227 deaths in a sample of 54,906 COVID-19 patients, compared with 141 among the same number of patients matched for age, sex, sociodemographic background , date of disease, and other factors, but infectious with other variables.
The risk-to-mortality ratio with the B.1.1.7 variance was 1.64, compared with previously circulating versions of the virus.
“Coupled with its ability to spread quickly, this makes B.1.1.7 a real threat that should be taken,” said Robert Challen, a researcher at the University of Exeter who co-directed the research.
Independent experts said the findings of this study add to previous preliminary evidence linking infection with the B.1.1.7 virus with an increased risk of dying from COVID-19.
A well-known virologist and professor of molecular oncology at the University of Warwick has, to this point, warned that the UK variant appears to be encouraging a recent rise in diseases across Europe.