Director of the US Institute of Infectious Diseases “It is best to get a lot of vaccines quickly.”
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Amid the spread of new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) mutations in the UK and South Africa, Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), warned that the virus could spread in the United States this spring.
At the White House Corona 19 online briefing on the 29th (local time), the director of Pouch, according to foreign media such as CNN, said that the variation from the UK “probably will become more prominent in the United States until the end of March and early April.”
Currently, in the United States, there are confirmed cases of COVID-19 mutations found in the UK, Brazil, and South Africa. Mutations from the UK have already spread to dozens of states in the United States, and mutations from Brazil and South Africa have recently emerged from Minnesota and South Carolina, respectively.
There is still no evidence that the South African mutation causes more serious illness. However, it is known to be much more contagious.
Mr. Pouch emphasized the need to be alert to the emergence of such mutations and to respond promptly to create a version of the vaccine that can respond to the mutation.
Vaccines such as Johnson & Johnson and NovaVax were found to have some effect on mutations, but far less effective against mutations in South Africa, the political media The Hill said.
Pouch emphasized that the best way to get the vaccine is to get the vaccine as soon as possible, as it cannot mutate once the virus has stopped growing.
/ Reporter Kwak Yoona [email protected]
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